Kurzweil : "Evolution, learning systems | Why evolution may be intelligent, based on deep learning... | Ce monde à inventer ! | Scoop.it

Kurzweil : "A computer scientist and biologist propose to unify the theory of evolution with learning theories to explain the « amazing, apparently intelligent designs that evolution produces ». The scientists — University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science professor Richard Watson and Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) professor of biology Eörs Szathmáry — say they’ve found that it’s possible for evolution to exhibit some of the same intelligent behaviors as learning systems — including neural networks...