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  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Evolutionary Computation

Background:

  • Machine performance optimization commonly uses genetic algorithms (evolutionary, multi-generational) or machine learning (feedback-driven, threshold-based).
  • Previous research combined these approaches, notably in artificial neural networks, often relying on external objective feedback.
  • Markov Brains (MBs) are evolvable networks of logic gates, previously limited to generational adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt genetic algorithm and machine learning principles to Markov Brains.
  • To introduce internal feedback mechanisms for lifelong learning within Markov Brains.
  • To create a more biologically accurate model for studying the interplay of evolution and learning.

Main Methods:

  • Introducing "feedback gates" to Markov Brains, enabling adaptation within a single generation (lifelong learning).
  • Demonstrating that Markov Brains can generate and utilize internal feedback for learning, bypassing the need for external objective signals.
  • Adapting optimization strategies from genetic algorithms and machine learning to evolvable logic gate networks.

Main Results:

  • Markov Brains successfully incorporated feedback gates, enabling in-lifetime learning.
  • Internal feedback generation within Markov Brains was achieved, reducing reliance on external objective feedback.
  • The modified Markov Brains demonstrated enhanced learning capabilities during their lifetime.

Conclusions:

  • The developed Markov Brains with internal feedback offer a more biologically plausible model for the evolution of learning.
  • This work facilitates the study of the complex interplay between evolutionary processes and learning mechanisms.
  • The advancement represents a potential step towards the development of autonomously learning machines.