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Evolution of Modularity
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Conditions for mathematical equivalence of Stochastic Gradient Descent and Natural Selection
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Hypothesis: gradient descent prefers general circuits
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Gradient descent is not just more efficient genetic algorithms
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Musings on Cumulative Cultural Evolution and AI
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Anthropic Effects in Estimating Evolution Difficulty
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