The Gopher Grounds: Testing the Link between Structure and Function in Simple Machines

Anshul Kamath, Jiayi Zhao, Nick Grisanti, George Montañez

2022

Abstract

Does structure dictate function and can function be reliably inferred from structure? Previous work has shown that an artificial agent’s ability to detect function (e.g., lethality) from structure (e.g., the coherence of traps) can confer measurable survival advantages. We explore the link between structure and function in simple combinatorial machines, using genetic algorithms to generate traps with structure (coherence) and no function (no lethality), generate traps with function and no structure, and generate traps with both structure and function. We explore the characteristics of the algorithmically generated traps, examine the genetic algorithms’ ability to produce structure, function, and their combination, and investigate what resources are needed for the genetic algorithms to reliably succeed at these tasks. We find that producing lethality (function) is easier than producing coherence (structure) and that optimizing for one does not reliably produce the other.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kamath A., Zhao J., Grisanti N. and Montañez G. (2022). The Gopher Grounds: Testing the Link between Structure and Function in Simple Machines. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-547-0, pages 528-540. DOI: 10.5220/0010900900003116

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart22,
author={Anshul Kamath and Jiayi Zhao and Nick Grisanti and George Montañez},
title={The Gopher Grounds: Testing the Link between Structure and Function in Simple Machines},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2022},
pages={528-540},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010900900003116},
isbn={978-989-758-547-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - The Gopher Grounds: Testing the Link between Structure and Function in Simple Machines
SN - 978-989-758-547-0
AU - Kamath A.
AU - Zhao J.
AU - Grisanti N.
AU - Montañez G.
PY - 2022
SP - 528
EP - 540
DO - 10.5220/0010900900003116