Transcript Artificial Intelligence/Life

Artificial Intelligence/Life
Presented by
James H. Sunshine
September 2, 2004
Overview
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Definitions
Intelligence
Life
Evolution
Morality
Definitions
• Genetic Algorithms: An evolutionary algorithm
which generates each individual from some
encoded form known as a "chromosome" or
"genome". Chromosomes are combined or
mutated to breed new individuals.
• Evolutionary Computing: An algorithm which
incorporates aspects of natural selection or
survival of the fittest. An evolutionary
algorithm maintains a population of structures
(usually randomly generated initially), that
evolves according to rules of selection,
recombination, mutation and survival, referred
to as genetic operators.
Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence: the branch of computer
science that deal with writing computer programs
that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI
hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots"
Artificial Intelligence
• Creating a singular program/entity capable of
independent, creative thought.
• Creating a species of programs/entities. (i.e. webbots)
• Is Deep Blue intelligent?
Artificial Life
• Artificial Life: The study of synthetic systems
which behave like natural living systems in some
way. Artificial Life complements the traditional
biological sciences concerned with the analysis of
living organisms by attempting to create lifelike
behaviors within computers and other artificial
media.
Examples
• Efloys – group/community behavior made of simpler behaviors
• Traveling SalesPerson – mind-numbing tasks using genetic
algorithms
• Conway's Game of Life – simple cellular behavior
• Self Replicating Loops – complex cellular behavior
• Neural Networks– Adaptive behavior
1 Pole is easy you say????
How ‘bout 2!
Evolution
• The Evolution of selfreplicating loops
• Colonies???
Future Skynet???
What’s the point?
• New ways to solve problems? New problems to
solve?
• Pattern recognition – security applications.
• Redundancy – the internet.
• Study/breakdown of real world behaviors.
Moral implications…
• If we create artificial intelligence/life, is it murder
to pull the plug?
• Will we allow a “community” to develop its own
rules/morals?
• Will we see each other as a threat? (Skynet…)
• What can we learn about ourselves watching
artificial beings interact?
The big question…
• If a machine can think
(and proves to us
humans that it can),
what rights does that
machine have?
Summary
• Artificial Intelligence/Life are providing new
methods of solving problems.
• The study of one or more “life forms” is
providing insight into organic behaviors.
• Organic behavior is helping to solve age-old and
some new problems.
• Will we ever produce a truly “intelligent”
machine?
References
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AIDepot
Artis
Artificial Life and Other Experiments
bovine.net :: Jeff
Hiroki Sayama, D.Sc.
Hyperdictionary.com
University of Texas