Mount Improbable: Play With Evolution

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Post by gwern » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 11:45 PM UTC

Mount Improbable: Play With Evolution
mountimprobable.com

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Post by zitterbewegung » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 1:00 AM UTC

This is really neat and they are generating the book covers based on the computer programs. Well done demo of the software.

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Post by AlphaWeaver » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 1:11 AM UTC

More mobile friendly than I expected!

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Post by colordrops » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 1:13 AM UTC

The title was incomprehensible until reading the post. I was wondering what a "Climb Mount" was.

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Post by dmix » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 1:35 AM UTC

colordrops wrote: post #4

The title was incomprehensible until reading the post. I was wondering what a "Climb Mount" was.

I only clicked the article to understand the title. Not unhappy that I chose to do so.

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Post by cbebdhhd » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 1:54 AM UTC

I always thought this* was a much better demonstration of evolution in action because it's completely undirected by the user and quickly converges to fit solutions from obvious randomness.

* http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/

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Post by schoen » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 3:15 AM UTC

cbebdhhd wrote: post #6

I always thought this* was a much better demonstration of evolution in action because it's completely undirected by the user and quickly converges to fit solutions from obvious randomness. * http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/

Fascinating!

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Post by hyperpallium » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 5:12 AM UTC

cbebdhhd wrote: post #6

I always thought this* was a much better demonstration of evolution in action because it's completely undirected by the user and quickly converges to fit solutions from obvious randomness. * http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/

Runs much better than I'd've expected on mobile (after the pack clears out).

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Post by jalami » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 6:46 AM UTC

cbebdhhd wrote: post #6

I always thought this* was a much better demonstration of evolution in action because it's completely undirected by the user and quickly converges to fit solutions from obvious randomness. * http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/

I had this running in the background for hours one day. They got pretty good.

He's also got one for biped walkers that's fun to play with. http://rednuht.org/genetic_walkers/

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Post by PepeGomez » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 6:58 AM UTC

cbebdhhd wrote: post #6

I always thought this* was a much better demonstration of evolution in action because it's completely undirected by the user and quickly converges to fit solutions from obvious randomness. * http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/

Framsticks are good, but the UI is buggy.