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neuroevolution
Image credit: mikemacmarketing / photo on flickr / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Read More ›
programmer
Photo credit: Arif Riyanto via Unsplash.

Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms

It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm. Read More ›
winter
Photo: Coming "winter" for EA?, by Fabrice Villard via Unsplash.

The State of the Art in Evolutionary Computation

As with early AI, the claims are inflated, unsupported, and the solutions do not scale to real world problems. Perhaps an EA “winter” is long overdue. Read More ›
Tesla factory
Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

On the Evolution of Automobiles

In automobile evolution, for example (or in the evolution of software), as in the history of life, we see major new features appear suddenly. Read More ›
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DNA
Photo at top: A scene from Science Uprising, Episode 3, “DNA Is Code: Who Coded It?.”

Seeking a Way Around RNA World, New Study Only Increases Perplexity of Abiogenesis

The origin of biological information is a mystery not so much highlighted by a comparison with software as downplayed by it. Read More ›
Douglas Axe
Douglas Axe
Photo: Douglas Axe, in a scene from the series Science Uprising “DNA: The Programmer.”

New Science Uprising Episode: “Programming Without a Programmer”?

To evolve a protein, Douglas Axe draws a comparison to seeking out — blindfolded! — a particular atom secreted away somewhere in the Milky Way. Read More ›
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René Descartes
Image: René Descartes, after Frans Hals, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›
Daisy

Ewert’s Dependency Graph Proposal: A Forest of Compositions

To help further explain this concept, I would like to introduce readers to my pet bunny, Daisy.  Read More ›
David Hume
Photo: Statue of David Hume, Edinburgh, Scotland, by Bandan [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

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