Rabbit Plagues, Genetic Algorithms

life finds a way

Mark Cleverley
Nov 5 · 6 min read

What if I told you we have a massively complex, multi-threaded optimization function simultaneously running on trillions of distributed biological computers that update their own hardware and software — and it’s all solar powered. Sounds too good to be true.

It is. That function’s called evolution, and it doesn’t seem too compatible with our computers…

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