Genetic Algorithm Shakespeare Monkey Example

Nature of Code Video #9.3
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Part 3 of the Genetic Algorithm series is dedicated to the Shakespeare Monkey Example. In this video, I use the evolutionary concepts from the previous video to compute a problem that a brute force algorithm wouldn’t be able to solve.

Topics

  • 0:00 - Hello!
  • 0:53 - Exploring the interface of this sketch.
  • 2:16 - How about unicorn?
  • 2:42 - Let's change the mutation rate to be 0.
  • 3:28 - What play around with the population?
  • 6:36 - Is a larger mutation rate better?
  • 7:24 - What's next?
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