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Computers > Artificial Intelligence > Genetic Programming > Research and News > Genetic Programming Challenges Intelligent Design
Genetic Programming Challenges Intelligent Design
Submitted 2005-09-17 20:07:19 by psiolent
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An article in the Boston Globe suggests that the successes of genetic programming challenges one of the core ideas of intelligent design: namely that complexity can't arise from random selective processes.
The article suggests that a main reason that many people still hold onto the idea of intelligent design is that it goes to the core of the very emotional question, "Where do we come from?" Isolating evolutionary processes from the emotion of the origin of life allows us to see that Darwinian selection can produce complex designs, and the parallels between biological and computational evolution suggest that if one is possible, the other probably is too. Further, evolutionary computation allows us to observe the process of evolution on a timescale that is comprehensible to humans.
The article mentions an antenna design for the Space Technology 5 mission that was produced via genetic algorithms. This design won an award for surpassing the capabilities of human designs. |
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