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Why the Future of AI Isn't Just Bigger Models. It's Models That Evolve | Risto Miikkulainen of Cognizant

aired Jun 02, 2026 · 64.0m
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Summary

Let's define evolutionary AI. What's really different about evolution is that it's a population-based method.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of it's, really, that's, including: The search space and some of these problems are so large that humans certainly can't navigate.

Key takeaways
  1. 01So you don't have just a single agent, you have 30 or you have 100 or maybe 1,000 agents, and you spread them out around the space of solutions as widely as possible
  2. 02It's easy to get to run
  3. 03A lot of it is about behavior, whether it's controlling rockets, cars, whether it's robots or some kind of agents in virtual worlds that exhibit personality
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