Machines with minds of their own.
Part of a special section on technological innovations from the first quarter of 2001. A new technology called “evolvable hardware” (EHW) has the ability to evolve and to learn to improve itself using trial-and-error experiences. The pioneers of EHW have succeeded in constructing machines that can...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 358; pp. 53 - 55 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
March 24 2001
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