Open-Ended Evolution for Minecraft Building Generation

Open-Ended Artificial Evolution

Of all the issues discussed at Alife VII: Looking Forward, Looking Backward, the issue of whether it was possible to create an artificial life system that exhibits open-ended evolution of novelty is by far the biggest. Of the 14 open problems settled on as a result of debate at the conference, some 6 are directly, or indirectly related to this issue. Most people equate open-ended evolution with...

Reflecting on open-ended evolution

We describe a computationally reflective object-oriented architecture suitable for incorporating open-ended innovation and emergent entities into simulations. This allows emergent properties to be reified into objects. This requires modifying the model, and the metamodel, by incorporating novel classes and metaclasses dynamically. The classes and metaclasses are modified by including them in th...

Organizational requirements for 'open-ended evolution'

In this contribution we will review different conceptions of open-ended evolution and propose our own (RuizMirazo et al., 2008, Biol. & Philos., 23, p.67). Then, we will consider what are the general conditions that would allow such an evolutionary process to take place, with a specific focus on the type of organization that the systems involved should have. It will be argued that a strong ‘dyn...

Design Strategies for Open-Ended Evolution

Identifying Necessary Components for Open-Ended Evolution

A central goal of the field of artificial life is to build evolving systems that capture interesting dynamics of natural systems, producing evolutionary outcomes such as sophisticated navigation behaviors, novel cooperative strategies, complex ecosystems, or major evolutionary transitions, to name but a few. Such “open-ended” systems are sought after for a number of reasons: 1) For artificial l...