“We often observe that the solutions found by genetic algorithms, or NNs, or cats, are strange, perverse, unexpected, and trigger a reaction of ‘how did it come up with that?’; one reason is just that they are very thorough about exploring the possibility space”
Do you have any specific examples in mind here that you are willing to share? None are coming to mind off the top of my head and I’d love to have some examples for future reference.
Do you have any specific examples in mind here that you are willing to share? None are coming to mind off the top of my head and I’d love to have some examples for future reference.
https://www.gwern.net/Tanks#alternative-examples wasn’t really intended to compile funny cat stories, but should help you out in terms of perverse creativity like the famous radio circuits.
Thanks