“Science has a very exact idea of the capabilities of evolution.”
Very exact? That’s a pretty bold claim. And what do we mean by capabilities? Are we referring to biological evolution on Earth or the algorithm of evolution in a broader sense?
How fast mutations spread doesn’t apply to the later. That is a tunable parameter in artificial evolution (which usually centers around not letting good mutations monopolize my population too quickly). The same can be said about what mutations occur (they don’t have to be random in an artificial environment) or how “breeding” works. These and other parameters are biological accidents on Earth, not part of the core algorithm.
If you want to say “it’s inefficient to mimic nature” then you should base that on the performance of humans who mimic nature not on nature itself, those are two different things. Evolutionary algorithms often work well in practice (including in situations where there is not an alternative that comes close), hence the more relevant evidence does not corroborate your hypothesis.
“Science has a very exact idea of the capabilities of evolution.”
Very exact? That’s a pretty bold claim. And what do we mean by capabilities? Are we referring to biological evolution on Earth or the algorithm of evolution in a broader sense?
How fast mutations spread doesn’t apply to the later. That is a tunable parameter in artificial evolution (which usually centers around not letting good mutations monopolize my population too quickly). The same can be said about what mutations occur (they don’t have to be random in an artificial environment) or how “breeding” works. These and other parameters are biological accidents on Earth, not part of the core algorithm.
If you want to say “it’s inefficient to mimic nature” then you should base that on the performance of humans who mimic nature not on nature itself, those are two different things. Evolutionary algorithms often work well in practice (including in situations where there is not an alternative that comes close), hence the more relevant evidence does not corroborate your hypothesis.