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- From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Information in a system.
- Message-ID: <9LPDuB14w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 05:28:31 EST
- References: <1992Nov14.160720@IASTATE.EDU>
- Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA
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- kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub) writes:
-
- > Kalki,
- >
- > Right now I am running a computer program at home. It generated 100
- > creatures. Each has two wheels and two sensors for detecting "food". Using
- > tiny nural net as a brain, the information from the sensors is sent to the
- > wheels.
-
- [lot of stuff describing the "creatures"]
-
- > Now here is the question: Obviously the creatures have become more
- > sophisticated at locating food. They have generated rules, information if yo
- > will, on how to locate it. Now, where did that information come from?
- >
- > Remember, my initial state was completely random, so it didn't come from
- > there. I have no idea what the proper neural inputs are for locating food, s
- > didn't put them there. The program alters the creatures in a completely rand
- > manner, so it didn't add any information to the system. Where did it come
- > from?
-
- You must have the first computer in history to generate "completely"
- random numbers! And the first program in history that wasn't created by
- a programmer! And the first computer to ever assemble itself! And the
- first source of electric power to just hook itself up to your house and
- start generating 60hz, 117 VAC!
-
- Sincerely,
- Kalki "Your brain is not the boss" Dasa
-
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