You know you’re a nerd when… 23 Jan 2009 this makes you laugh out loud: It’s even relevant to this blog… Evolution Humor
Education Is Brian Blessed a monkey or an ape? 22 Apr 201122 Jun 2018 One of the recurring creationist attacks on evolution is, “If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?” I responded to this once before but it is time to revisit it. Why? Because Marty Robbins has attacked the British media, itself always a noble thing to do, for constantly… Read More
Epistemology Some of my recent papers and reviews 28 May 2010 “What is a species? Essences and Generation” forthcoming in Theory in Biosciences. Review of the Cambridge Companion to Darwin for RNCSE. Secularism essay in which I argue that secularism protects religions. A shorter version of the Milvian Bridge essay, with Paul Griffiths Read More
Administrative Envall troll has his own blog 17 Feb 2009 Once upon a time, I made mention, simply a mention, of a paper by one Matts Envall, which I said I would later comment on. I did so because a friend of mine, Malte Ebach, told me about him and the paper. I have yet to appropriately thank Malte. My… Read More
But wouldn’t it be too late to evaluate the fitness of something that has already become Skynet? Also, what if becoming Skynet is the least expensive option in the problem domain? That’s only the equivalent of 22 million water crossings.
But wouldn’t it be too late to evaluate the fitness of something that has already become Skynet? Also, what if becoming Skynet is the least expensive option in the problem domain? That’s only the equivalent of 22 million water crossings.
But wouldn’t it be too late to evaluate the fitness of something that has already become Skynet? Also, what if becoming Skynet is the least expensive option in the problem domain? That’s only the equivalent of 22 million water crossings.
You just put in a function that checks if your algorithm is going to become Skynet in the next generation, before you actually apply the fitness function. That’s what I do. And you don’t want the evolution of Skynet to be impossible, just costly.
You just put in a function that checks if your algorithm is going to become Skynet in the next generation, before you actually apply the fitness function. That’s what I do. And you don’t want the evolution of Skynet to be impossible, just costly.
John – Whatever you had linked to has moved on – there’s nothing visible about Skynet there now – at least not from the USA!
Ian, I still get the xkcd page (with rollover – which reminds you that you want to minimize, not maximize, the function).
Ian, I still get the xkcd page (with rollover – which reminds you that you want to minimize, not maximize, the function).
Ian, I still get the xkcd page (with rollover – which reminds you that you want to minimize, not maximize, the function).
Ian, I still get the xkcd page (with rollover – which reminds you that you want to minimize, not maximize, the function).
Nevermind. Spent 10 seconds to look it up myself. Does this mean I lose nerd-cred, both for not automatically knowing this (sorry, watched the first movie, liked it, thought the second was a lot of lame, and never watched anything else dealing with the Terminator), and for not googling it?
Nevermind. Spent 10 seconds to look it up myself. Does this mean I lose nerd-cred, both for not automatically knowing this (sorry, watched the first movie, liked it, thought the second was a lot of lame, and never watched anything else dealing with the Terminator), and for not googling it?
Nevermind. Spent 10 seconds to look it up myself. Does this mean I lose nerd-cred, both for not automatically knowing this (sorry, watched the first movie, liked it, thought the second was a lot of lame, and never watched anything else dealing with the Terminator), and for not googling it?