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gordonbrander.comDec 2, 2019

Building Block Hypothesis

The building block hypothesis (Goldberg): Genetic algorithms select for compact genes that encode impactful traits, because a short gene is less likely to be disrupted by mutation and crossover than is a long gene, which has more exposed surface…

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gordonbrander.comDec 2, 2019

Composable alphabets

Good alphabets compose at multiple levels. Letters combine into words, which describe ideas. DNA basepairs combin into genes, which encode traits. Minecraft lets you craft new blocks with new properties from combinations of other blocks. When…

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gordonbrander.comDec 1, 2019

Emergence springs from alphabets. An alphabet is a kit of parts, together with rules for combining them. Christopher Alexander. "Systems Generating Systems" Architectural Design 38, no. December 1968 (1968): 605-610. If you want to provoke…

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gordonbrander.comDec 1, 2019

Genetic algorithms

Genetic algorithm design patterns : Principle of Meaningful Building Blocks. Learn from the building block hypothesis and find a coding that can express short, low-order schemata that are relevant to the underlying problem and relatively unrelated…

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gordonbrander.comDec 1, 2019

Small alphabets

When designing alphabets for emergence, constrain the alphabet, but don't constrain what may be written with it. Constrain the alphabet . Keeping the alphabet small makes it easy to learn. It also forces you, the designer, to create a composable…

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gordonbrander.comNov 24, 2019

Punctuated equilibrium

Complex systems exist in punctuated equilibrium, repeatedly evolving through distinct phases of randomness, growth, consolidation, and collapse. (Phase 1) Random : The system is unstructured. Random events occur without particularly changing the…

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gordonbrander.comNov 24, 2019

Ecology meta-patterns

Emergent patterns that recur in complex adaptive systems : Diversity Recirculation Niche and hierarchy Coevolution Diversity : an ecology is an economy made up of many currencies. Different species have different goals, and those goals interlock in…

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gordonbrander.comMay 9, 2019

From Signals and Boundaries , MIT Press: when a system is capable of reprogramming itself in response to outside signals, it can be modeled as an adaptive agent . Agents are enclosed within a boundary. Agents filter outside signals through…

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gordonbrander.comSep 15, 2018

Procedural paintbrush

Procedural paintbrushes are creative tools that augment your input. An insight from Procedural Generation in Game Design, Generative Art Toys, by Kate Compton. A good procedural paintbrush is... Smarter than a pencil Constrains and magnifies your…

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gordonbrander.comSep 8, 2018

Generative Grammar

Generative grammars let you build generative systems that produce variety , and structure . A generative grammar describes a set of rules for constructing meaningful sentences from individual words. "Sentence" and "word" are…

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gordonbrander.comDec 25, 2017

Provoking emergence

So how do you provoke emergence? It's a process of gardening, not architecture . Collecting patterns... Examples of emergent behavior Biological evolution Flocking Conway's Game of Life Wikipedia Etherpad + pirate party Minecraft urls and linking…

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gordonbrander.comDec 24, 2017

Evolution is a behavior that emerges in any system that has: Mutation Heredity Selection Evolutionary systems often generate unexpected solutions. Nature selects for good enough. There is no such thing as advantageous in a general sense. There is…

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