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Silicon Chip Survival of the Fittest

Posted by Hemos on from the fun-with-in-the-lab dept.

0b1 writes "A scientist has created a Microproccessor that can distinguish between a few words, by just letting it "Mutate", and mixing the Different designs that worked, while eliminating those that didn't. Read the full article if you like. " People are doing a lot of this stuff right now; anyone else wonder where it will end up?

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  1. Genetic algorithms in signal routing by Tekmage · · Score: 3

    Circuit evolution raises yields on GHz chips - something of a more recent vintage. :-)

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  2. Circuits that know who to sue. by SirSlud · · Score: 3

    "How acceptable is a safety-critical component of a system if it has been artificially evolved and nobody knows how it works?" he asks. "Will an expert in a white coat give a guarantee? And who can be sued if it fails?"

    This is the funniest thing I have ever read (well, today.) Yeah! Who can be sued when it fails? What good is human existance without somebody or some organization to blame things on? Using one of these circuits and then suing the maker if it fails is like drinking until you sustain braindamage, and then suing the beer company. Is there no such thing as personal accountability anymore? Doesn't anyone take respocibility for their own actions? For that matter, why don't they just 'evolve' a circuit that always knows who to sue? (Although, when when that breaks down, /then/ who do you sue?)

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