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Original post by Code-Junkie
Don''t think of it as "losing your spare time", you''re just moving into a new area of "intelligence programming" and reaping the rewards of watching some of the most incredible "emergent behavior" you''ve ever seen. It will surely be your greatest "project" yet. Enjoy.

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I second that. It''s a wonderful way to see a little bit of how inteligence works. It''s simply amazing and inspiring.

Simbiant, that sounds very similar to a project I am working on, although it sounds like you are farther along than I. I would love to see your program run, is it possible to download an executable version?

where can i find info about this kind of ai behavior ?

any good seach words ?

...and which book would that be?

i was using genetic programming to evolve very simple critters, and i added the ability for one critter to sense another critter''s health, hoping that starving critters would eventually start to follow healthy ones to food sources, which might lead to herding.

instead healthy critters found unhealthy ones and backed them into corners until they starved to death, at which point (due to some conservation of energy constraints) the world location where they died was replenished with food. then the aggressors ate the food.

instead of forming herds, i formed cannibals.

oh...wow...that''s kind of scary.
It makes me apprehensive about making AI robots. If we can''t predict what simple programs will do, how can we predict what a more complex machine will do?
I think a very interesting example comes from JRobots though I didn''t create any of the examples. A couple of years ago there were some bots named Fish, Shark, Wolf, and KillerBees. The fish would swim around together in a random path, the sharks would cirlce around their pray, the wolfs would stalk the enemy in packs, and the KillerBees would buzz around each other, slowly inching toward an enemy. It''s really amazing.

this reminds me of a book I read by Robert Heinlein, titled "The Moon Is Harsh Mistress". A company that owns a penal colony on the moon sets up a balistics computer to monitor incoming and outgoing transports. Over the course of the many years, they add components to the computer, which eventually emerges. The computer then helps to organize a revolt against the company. It''s a really great book, dealing with some pretty interesting social and family issues.

Gah! Let''s hear some more examples like the topic starter gave! This stuff is real cool

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Original post by Timkin
The executable was compiled to run on an architecture that just isn''t around any more! I still have the source code. It''s in Pascal and I am currently porting the code to PC and re-writing it in C++ (as well as redesigning it for better efficiency). When it''s complete I would be happy to divulge the source code.

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Isn''t it this? You posted it a year ago.

Cédric

Timkin: I just read your CV. Martial arts, motorcycles & tennis. I didn''t realize you were so cool.

Will