PROGRAM ( Developmental)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2669 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A type of constructive set of rules that leads to development by variable interactions between the rules and in relation to variable external conditions
It is becoming clearer with time that no complex adaptable system can be rigidly programmed, i.e. that it cannot be constructed using an algorithm - even a very complex one.
This corresponds to the very need for adaptability to continually changing conditions. It could be the basic significance of the construction of complex entities (biological, social) “by trial and error ” and in accordance with the bottom up model.
It is now widely admitted that the classical so called “artificial intelligence ” based on complex programming (for ex. chess programs for computers) lacks the basic adaptabilityof human intelligence.
See also
Artificial Life, Homeobox, Parallel distributed processing