Introduction to CAP6938 Neuroevolution and Artificial Embryogeny

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Introduction to CAP6938Neuroevolution and
Artificial Embryogeny

• Dr. Kenneth Stanley
• January 8, 2006

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What Is this Class About?

• The automated search for complexity
• Neural Networks Evolutionary Computation
• Neuroevolution
• Artificial Embryogeny
• Not just neural networks
• A path to solving AI

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How Does this Relate to AI?

• Human-level intelligence requires astronomical
  complexity
• 100 trillion connections in the human brain
• Researchers are looking for the right parts and
  how to combine them
• We can do it by analysis or through search
• This class is about automating the search

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Location within Science
Neuroevolution
Biology
AI
EC
Neuroscience
NNs
Artificial Embryogeny
Consciousness?