Evolutionary Design by Computers Morgan Kaufmann
Evolutionary Design by Computers Morgan Kaufmann
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计算机进化设计摩根·考夫曼
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1999
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计算机只能做我们让它们做的事。他们是我们盲目的、无意识的数字奴隶，被我们程序的牢不可破的锁链束缚着。这些程序指导计算机做什么，什么时候做，以及应该如何做。但是当我们松开这些锁链会发生什么呢？当我们告诉计算机使用一个我们不完全理解的过程，以实现我们不完全理解的东西时，会发生什么？当我们告诉计算机进化设计时会发生什么？正如本书将要展示的那样，计算机获得了几乎与人类相似的自主性、创新天赋甚至创造力。进化如此神秘地赋予我们的计算机这些“技能”，为计算机在设计中的应用开辟了一条全新的道路。今天，我们以前的“美化打字机”或“过于复杂的绘图板”可以做任何事情，从产生设计中的新想法和概念，到提高设计的性能，甚至超过了最熟练的人类设计师的能力。在计算机上不断发展的设计现在使我们能够在设计过程的每个阶段都使用计算机。这不再是计算机辅助设计-这正在成为计算机设计。这本书的书页证明了今天进化的计算机技术在设计中的能力。浏览它们，你会看到卫星吊杆、称重传感器、飞轮、计算机网络、艺术图像、雕塑、虚拟生物、房屋和医院建筑规划、桥梁、起重机、模拟电路甚至咖啡桌的设计。在世界上所有的设计中，你在这本书中看到的收藏品有一个独特的历史：它们都是由计算机进化而来的，而不是由人类设计的。
Computers can only do what we tell them to do. They are our blind, unconscious digital slaves, bound to us by the unbreakable chains of our programs. These programs instruct computers what to do, when to do it, and how it should be done. But what happens when we loosen these chains? What happens when we tell a computer to use a process that we do not fully understand, in order to achieve something we do not fully understand? What happens when we tell a computer to evolve designs? As this book will show, what happens is that the computer gains almost human-like qualities of autonomy, innovative flair, and even creativity. These 'skills'which evolution so mysteriously endows upon our computers open up a whole new way of using computers in design. Today our former 'glorified typewriters' or 'overcomplicated drawing boards' can do everything from generating new ideas and concepts in design, to improving the performance of designs well beyond the abilities of even the most skilled human designer. Evolving designs on computers now enables us to employ computers in every stage of the design process. This is no longer computer aided design - this is becoming computer design. The pages of this book testify to the ability of today's evolutionary computer techniques in design. Flick through them and you will see designs of satellite booms, load cells, flywheels, computer networks, artistic images, sculptures, virtual creatures, house and hospital architectural plans, bridges, cranes, analogue circuits and even coffee tables. Out of all of the designs in the world, the collection you see in this book have a unique history: they were all evolved by computer, not designed by humans.