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| introduction:robust-first_computing [2014/12/02 21:56] – [An alternative: Living computation] ackley | introduction:robust-first_computing [2014/12/03 21:26] (current) – ackley |
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| Viewed as a kind of computer, note how different a //living organism// is compared to a serial deterministic machine. Deterministic machines are 100% completely repeatable -- from the same inputs will come the exact same outputs --- while living organisms rarely do anything the exact same way twice. Deterministic machines will crash, seize-up, or otherwise misbehave when virtually anything goes wrong inside them; living organisms, by contrast, can suffer grievous injury and yet survive, handle the immediate situation, and get away long enough to heal up and live on. | Viewed as a kind of computer, note how different a //living organism// is compared to a serial deterministic machine. Deterministic machines are 100% completely repeatable -- from the same inputs will come the exact same outputs --- while living organisms rarely do anything the exact same way twice. Deterministic machines will crash, seize-up, or otherwise misbehave when virtually anything goes wrong inside them; living organisms, by contrast, can suffer grievous injury and yet survive, handle the immediate situation, and get away long enough to heal up and live on. |
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| | ===== For more information ===== |
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| | * [[introduction:where_can_i_get_more_information|Links to videos and papers]] |
| | * [[introduction:key_concepts|Brief descriptions of key concepts]] |
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