@jmmcd

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James McDermott, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science in University of Galway, Ireland. I'd rather write programs that write programs than write programs. Was https://twitter.com/bleepbeepbzzz
Homepagehttp://www.jmmcd.net/
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University homepagehttps://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/engineering-and-informatics/jamesmcdermott/
jmmcdDec 19

The HUMIES are the annual competition at #GECCO for human-competitive results created by evolutionary computation methods.

***Ten thousand dollars in prizes for human-competitive results***

Submit by Friday May 29, 2026

See www.human-competitive.org for more

jmmcdDec 16, 2022

An AI system, when running, seems so *effortless* that it seems it can't possibly be intelligent. Is this fair? I try to relate it to the story of the old mechanic, and to self-talk, and to wicked problems in architecture... check it out:

https://jmmcd.substack.com/p/ai-wicked-problems-and-blood-sweat

Image thanks https://unsplash.com/@marvelous

cc @maria

AI, wicked problems, and blood, sweat, and tears

When an AI is running, it is so effortless that we feel it cannot possibly be doing anything intelligent. Is this fair? (Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash)

Unspoken Consensus
jmmcdDec 12, 2022

Hoho! *Inside No 9* Christmas Special.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/inside-no-9-christmas-special-2022-release-date/

Inside No. 9 Christmas special 2022: release date, cast and plot

"A ghost story for Christmas? It's perfect!"

Radio Times
jmmcdNov 18, 2022
Genetic programming folks, don't forget you can follow a hashtag here. Go to your mastodon instance *on the web* (not the app), search for #GeneticProgramming, and click the little + icon as shown in the image. BTW, please capitalise the G and P in the hashtag as it's easier for screen readers! #GP #GPTP2022