2015/07/27 by Tim Taylor, Taylor, Tim · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE) #Philosophy and History of Science #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.07403
openalex publication_date 2015/07/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Open-ended evolutionary dynamics remains an elusive goal for artificial evolutionary systems. Many ideas exist in the biological literature beyond the basic Darwinian requirements of variation, differential reproduction and inheritance. I argue that these ideas can be seen as aspects of five fundamental requirements for open-ended evolution: (1) robustly reproductive individuals, (2) a medium allowing the possible existence of a practically unlimited diversity of individuals and interactions, (3) individuals capable of producing more complex offspring, (4) mutational pathways to other viable individuals, and (5) drive for continued evolution. I briefly discuss implications of this view for the design of artificial systems with greater evolutionary potential.