Comment Re:AI endpoint is key (Score 1) 71
interesting... so if your genetic algorithm were written in some "simple" high level language, then the second level 'noodling' would be easier as it would have less potential options to choose from. Thus, it could arrive at the destination in fewer generations, and the destination would be (hopefully) easier for us puny humans to understand.
This approach means you need higher raw power to run the first and second level algorithms, and as such will need a higher minimum processing power to achieve it. However, I look forward to the day where you buy a "vanilla" computer, and just ask it "make me a word processor", whereupon it just goes ahead and 'evolves' one for you (admittedly, you might not need a word processor much by then, but you get the point). When you've written your book, you send it to your friend to read. She receives a bunch of bytes in an email attachment, and just says to her computer "find a way to read it", rather than having to know it was created in SomeonesProduct v2.3 - her computer just 'evolves' a reader for your particular file type - there's no need to make sure both of you have the same software at the same time.