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#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

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Episode 177 · April 19, 2021

#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

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Summary

Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:51) – If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times

(10:08) – Would aliens detect humans?

(12:46) – Evolution of intelligent life

#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

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