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Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation | Lex Fridman Podcast #177
“it's called the surprising creativity of digital evolution a collection of anecdotes from the evolutionary computation and artificial life research communities”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Risto Miikkulainen: Computer scientist at the University of Texas at Austin and associate VP of evolutionary AI at Cognizant. He specializes in neuroevolution and evolutionary computation, plus cognitive science and neuroscience. A computer scientist explains how evolution-inspired algorithms can outsmart humans by discovering creative solutions we'd never think to try.
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