A Procedure for Testing for Tokyo Type 1 Open-Ended Evolution.

Channon, Alastair

Abstract

Tokyo Type 1 open-ended evolution (OEE) is a category of OEE that includes systems exhibiting the ongoing generation of adaptive novelty and ongoing growth in complexity. It can be considered as a necessary foundation for Tokyo Type 2 OEE (ongoing evolution of evolvability) and Tokyo Type 3 OEE (ongoing generation of major transitions). This article brings together five methods of analysis to form a procedure for testing for Tokyo Type 1 OEE. The procedure is presented as simply as possible, isolated from the complexities of any particular evolutionary system, and with a clear rationale for each step. In developing these steps, we also identify five key challenges in OEE. The last of these (achieving a higher order of complexity growth within a system exhibiting indefinitely scalable complexity) can be considered a grand challenge for Tokyo Type 1 OEE. Promising approaches to this grand challenge include also achieving one or both of Tokyo Types 2 and 3 OEE; this can be seen as one answer to why these other types of OEE are important, providing a unified view of OEE. [Abstract copyright: © 2024 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.]

Citation

Channon, A. (in press). A Procedure for Testing for Tokyo Type 1 Open-Ended Evolution. Artificial Life, 30(3), 345-355. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00430

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 17, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Apr 17, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 21, 2024
• Journal: Artificial life
• Print ISSN: 1064-5462
• Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 345-355
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00430
• Keywords: Open-ended evolution, unified views of evolution, open problems in Artificial Life, evolutionary activity statistics, indefinite scalability, unbounded evolutionary dynamics
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/823668