Comments on: Evolution of Cooperation http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/02/24/evolution-of-cooperation/ It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Aaron Rhodes http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/02/24/evolution-of-cooperation/#comment-1082 Aaron Rhodes Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:34:51 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=252#comment-1082 I won't be satisfied until someone does a similar experiment but foolishly equips the robots with super-human strength and potentially lethal extremities during a lightning storm. I won’t be satisfied until someone does a similar experiment but foolishly equips the robots with super-human strength and potentially lethal extremities during a lightning storm.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/02/24/evolution-of-cooperation/#comment-1081 Kevin Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:59:43 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=252#comment-1081 There was communication between the robots and different populations evolved different communication strategies. In one population, Robots would signal "here is food, come join me". In another population, they would signal "here is poison, stay away". The populations that evolved communication were much more efficient at finding food than those that did not. Another finding was that robots cooperated more efficiently with robots to which they were more closely related. The coolest bit for me was seeing, in the video, how efficiently the robots navigated around their friend to get to the food when summoned. There was communication between the robots and different populations evolved different communication strategies.

In one population, Robots would signal “here is food, come join me”. In another population, they would signal “here is poison, stay away”.

The populations that evolved communication were much more efficient at finding food than those that did not.

Another finding was that robots cooperated more efficiently with robots to which they were more closely related.

The coolest bit for me was seeing, in the video, how efficiently the robots navigated around their friend to get to the food when summoned.

]]> By: Aaron Rhodes http://www.raggedclown.com/2007/02/24/evolution-of-cooperation/#comment-1080 Aaron Rhodes Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:48:49 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=252#comment-1080 I am actually not getting the point of the experiment. The +1 / -1 point thing seems not a requirement to reach the outcome viewed on the video. If the peramiters of the robots were simply "keep randomly looking until you find food, then stop" you would have the same thing. Was there communication between the robots somehow? Anyway, it does *look* nice. I am actually not getting the point of the experiment. The +1 / -1 point thing seems not a requirement to reach the outcome viewed on the video. If the peramiters of the robots were simply “keep randomly looking until you find food, then stop” you would have the same thing. Was there communication between the robots somehow? Anyway, it does *look* nice.

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