Evolved Neural Network

[jknilinux]

Well, I'd love to see a usable version of DB in C++!
I (and many other people) use *nix, so programs in VB are near-impossible and in C# need to be checked for compatibility.

There's a C++-ified version of 2.4 here.

Good luck!

[abyaly]

Moonfisher-
-1 shots bypass shell entirely and only hit the poison.

[Moonfisher]

I've been working on that NN mod for a while now whenever I have some spare time.
Haven't had much time to work on it, but I've gotten to a point where it would be descent enough for anyone else to try out.
It's nowhere near done... but it works.
Haven't run this one for a long time yet, so I guess it could have some bugs... also I used DB 2.43.1h... and it has some bugs... think ties mess up and stuff like that.
But the source for 2.43.1h was the closes I could find to 2.43.1l
And didn't want to have to connect to the repository and figure out how to revert to 2.43.1l

Anyway the button for activating the NN mutations is a itle silly... and I managed to break the disable vision button somehow
Never messed with VB before was trying to copy the checkbox and... well I have no idea what happened, but it's broken.
If you activate NNmutations and start a sim then you won't be able to see it active in the menu if you open it again.
If you need to turn off the NNMutations I think you'll need to check and then uncheck the box to actualy deactivate it... (The whole GUI part was a bit confusing to me and didn't bother spending much time on it)

Annyway, buggy button aside, it should work more or less as intended.
Theres no GUI for messing with mutation rates, so they're random for starters (Just start with 100 or more bots to get lots of different settings).
You can adjust global mutation rates though.

When you enable NNmutations they will overide regular mutations. Don't disable mutations unless you intend to disbale the NNMutations.
Mutations only happen during reproduction... so you need a bot that reproduces. (I've included the test bot I'm running atm)
Appart from that, it basicaly takes your base bot and adds some Neural Network like structures to it...

You can save the simulation and reload it.... but if you copy the code from a bot the mod can't just load the network information. (You also can't just save an organism, but I might work on that later on)
You can still run it with the mod but it'll start to form a new network instead of mutating the existing one.

Also theres some coustom inputs and outputs from loc 100 to 120, look at the test bot for details.
You can also have entire genes triggered by the 10 outputs if you like... or use the output value durectly in a sysvar or whatever you prefer.

[div class=\'codetop\']CODE[div class=\'codemain\' style=\'height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto\']def NNInput1 100
def NNInput2 101
def NNInput3 102
def NNInput4 103
def NNInput5 104
def NNInput6 105
def NNInput7 106
def NNInput8 107
def NNInput9 108
def NNInput10 109

def NNOutput1 110
def NNOutput2 111
def NNOutput3 112
def NNOutput4 113
def NNOutput5 114
def NNOutput6 115
def NNOutput7 116
def NNOutput8 117
def NNOutput9 118
def NNOutput10 119

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start
.up inc
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'Apply inputs
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clearbool
true
stop


Other than that just run the mod as a regular drop and check the Neural network checkbox on the main screen (It will enable the mod for all species, so if you wan't to prevent veggies from mutating then you need to prevent them from reproducing.)
Litle late and a bit tired so won't go into details about how the structures are formed and all that...
Also this is a pre alpha release or something... not realy done, and some features aren't implemented and mutation rates and such need tweeking or a menu of some sort. So still a long way to go, but the base is there, and it works...
It may not be like real mutations, but it definately evolves.... no idea how fast and how well yet...
And the testbot isn't ideal for testing the concept... it more usefull for testing than long evo sims.
But it shows the basic concept...


Anyway, I'm probably not making much sense, just try the mod if you're interested and ask if you have any questions.

[Moonfisher]

A quick update, this version is a lot better, fixed some things too.
Also it now has 20 coustom input and output slots, and a better test bot to go with it.
You can't load old version sims with this new one though.
Ran a sim with the old version for a day or 2, and it did ok, except there was a bug so it only used the coustom values. So it progressed fast but had less potential in the long run.

Still not done with this thing, and there may still be bugs, but it should definately work a lot better now.

[Moonfisher]

Ok heres v0.4
Still not done, menues are kind of messed up, they work but don't show the real figures in use (Will work on fixing that next, just never got around to it)
Again it's not version resiliant, and the global mutation rates aren't saved with the sim, so in the next version you probably won't be able to load old sims either...

But it work well enough now, and you can actualy play around with the mutation rates to force the bot to focus on your coustom inputs during the early stages then open up for more interesting mutations later on, and stuff like that.
Or you can disable global mutation rates and alow the bots to adjust their own mutation rates... just remember that this will tend to counter increases/decreases in the global mutation multiplier. If you turn mutations up they'll just turn theirs down. So I recomend keeping it locked till you've done all the adjusting you want to do. (You can still turn the global mutation rates back on (Again the checkbox is messed up and works like the one describel earlier), and the individual mutation rates should stay faily static while they're not in use)
To access the menu just click the mutation rate button on the main screen while you have the NNMod turned on.

And theres a new test bot ofcourse

Only been running this version 16 hours, about 100K cycles. With a strong focus on using the coustom inputs and outputs.
The bots seem to catch on pretty fast though, currently they're at 550-650 in dnalen, so 2 of the genes for the base have been disabled.
It's still strugling with the 600 mark, even though some have passed it there's still a lot of shorter bots around, so it's too early to tell if they're past this point.
And I suspect the 700 mark will be the toughest one to pass since cancerous reproduction is bound to happen often when trying to take over. (I did manage to get past this step with an earlier sim, but it takes some time)

Anyway once the bot is past 700 .dnalen then the only original gene left in use will be the robage = 0 gene for setting poison and such. Then I plan on turning down the coustom inputs and outputs to leave room for more interesting development. I just want the network to controll everything before opening up to interesting mutations.
The bots are also using shell, about 500 (All the sims I've run end up around that figure if using shell it seems), and they back up whenever they see an alge now (Since the base just kept moving forward at all times).

Not that anything realy interesting has surfaced yet, but the network is definately taking shape rather fast. (Ofcourse this is probably mainly because it's so focused on using the oucstom inputs and outputs, once eveything is opened up it'll have more potential but it'll probably progress a lot slower).

This is what it looks like so far. But it'll get more interesting once it gets past 700 in dnalength and is allowed to unfold. and ofcourse once it's actualy been running long enough for something interesting to happen.
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[jknilinux]

Hey moonfisher! I've been wondering what has become of your NNmod of DB. Have you tried it? Have you evolved anything interesting?

[Moonfisher]

Well ran a sim over a week or so, then next time I had to load it I realized I made an error either when saving or loading the newest NN data...
The last bot I can find that I saved looked like this :

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I generaly seemed that with a NN the bot was able to quickly finetune settings... but was less likely to evolve something new. So it was mainly good at adapting.
I don't think the way DB code works and a NN are all that different when it comes down to it. Most evolved code I've seen crossreferences data all over the place, much like I'd imagine a biological NN would do.
DB code can just take bigger steps, but is also less likely to achieve something usefull with a mutation.
But since I couldn't load that sim I was running up again I kinda put the whole thing on hold for a while.
I know one of the versions was able to save and load properly, but it was lacking other features. Also the long code generated for the NN makes the sim run slower
Overall the mod is not properly done and may be interesting, but not any better for running evo sims I think.

[Numsgil]

I don't think the way DB code works and a NN are all that different when it comes down to it.

Came to the same conclusion when I was redoing DNA for DB3.  I was toying around with the idea of a neural net with programmable weights, but realized it was becoming regular old DNA anyway.

[peterb]

I don't think the way DB code works and a NN are all that different when it comes down to it.

Came to the same conclusion when I was redoing DNA for DB3.  I was toying around with the idea of a neural net with programmable weights, but realized it was becoming regular old DNA anyway.

... We try to make neural nets inside a single bot, thats the problem i think.
Another aprouch is to Design (outside of DB ?) a multibot in which each bot equals a single neuron.
Still it is complex (because of all connected ties (and getting them connect to the right other neuron).
But if you can do that .... maybe its possible.

I think this rather requires some kind of external multibot editor.
who can put it in a safe game format.
And in which each bot we can put specific DNA.. well let call it protains functions )

As to safe such multibot (like .repro) we would need a new repro command to put such advanced bleuprint trough..

.... thinking futher.. maybe all these DNA codemay exist then in each cell (just as our DNA) but only have the right ones active..
Still then we ned another way of repro (to build at once the same complex child with a repro)

..
hmmm.. then if you got it... how to train it ?  (is food enough to train it?)

[ashton15]

... We try to make neural nets inside a single bot, thats the problem i think.
Another aprouch is to Design (outside of DB ?) a multibot in which each bot equals a single neuron.
Still it is complex (because of all connected ties (and getting them connect to the right other neuron).
But if you can do that .... maybe its possible.

Would be more realistic but problem is for that kind of thing surely you would need loads of bots as in 100s and we know how much that can cripple performance, perhaps each but could contain a small neural net within a single cell and link to another bot which was like a small compartment of the brain.

I think this rather requires some kind of external multibot editor.
who can put it in a safe game format.
And in which each bot we can put specific DNA.. well let call it protains functions )

Me likey...  A lot, would help because take a person for example and take it apart and then expect the individual cells to re-assemble, just doesn't work when you start from scratch

As to safe such multibot (like .repro) we would need a new repro command to put such advanced bleuprint trough..

hmm... I'd agree that probably agree that the hardest thing about multibots is assembly... though a function like that just seems to plastic to me

.... thinking futher.. maybe all these DNA codemay exist then in each cell (just as our DNA) but only have the right ones active..
Still then we ned another way of repro (to build at once the same complex child with a repro)

Isn't this bieng worked on for DB3?

..
hmmm.. then if you got it... how to train it ?  (is food enough to train it?)

What about possesion? Also why train it? Surely partially it would be instinctive behaviours and then others it would learn from it's enviroment and parent natrually.

[Numsgil]

.... thinking futher.. maybe all these DNA codemay exist then in each cell (just as our DNA) but only have the right ones active..
Still then we ned another way of repro (to build at once the same complex child with a repro)

Isn't this bieng worked on for DB3?

I'm thinking that after repro it ends up copying all the memory as well (or allowing a bot to specifically do this/not do this).  So if you have a neural net with dynamic weights and you repro all those weights get preserved.  But I'm not 100% about it either way.

[peterb]

.... thinking futher.. maybe all these DNA codemay exist then in each cell (just as our DNA) but only have the right ones active..
Still then we ned another way of repro (to build at once the same complex child with a repro)

Isn't this bieng worked on for DB3?

I'm thinking that after repro it ends up copying all the memory as well (or allowing a bot to specifically do this/not do this).  So if you have a neural net with dynamic weights and you repro all those weights get preserved.  But I'm not 100% about it either way.

Well having read somethings about it    

There are some interesting things about NN, for example if a single neuron dies... its not a problem (if the NN isnt to small), they as a group adapt.
On the other hand (DB shape = function) to suround such cells with some common cell with a lot of .shell (otherways creatures attacking brains get nasty killers.. ohwell its ok too..).
In reality if you drink some alcholic you wont die because some neurons got killed, after some drink you behave funny, but later you repair, your 'mind' isnt erased.
There are some neural nets (also in todays post at another topic here : http://ccsl.mae.cornell.edu/emergent_self_models  
That realy learn from no awernes to walking (i've seen a documentary about that bot, its kinda rocket science)

It means if the net is real good it might tweak and tune itself (starting from some randomization values)
I think for us here starters in this field / copying values within some margins of the parents value would be more likely.


You know also interesting is that most ófficial books (not all)  talk about 3 or more layered NN
But it is not realy required.... the brain isnt a layered structure in 3 or more layers.. its more complex.
I dont want to create such a complexity as the brain,  however it means if the right logic in a single neuron bot, then it isnt limited to a layer structure
In essence shape as MB shapes might become more functional, ..or even evolve by well some darwin rules, we allready now from DB.

Also the right code doesnt mean the sim would get slow, its only some tie communication we allready can do, but have not done in this perspective i think.
It woulod only mean a bit more tie communication.. oh well computers are known to be able to do NN beter then me using a calculator...


But this 'new' multibots need a way of beeing created, an external editor (and once created some kind of  DNA string or bleurprint ( ideas on that ??, save ties positions ?? )) for .repro

(because it so different i have been thinking of cell differentiation earlier.. a rebro bot, not much command processing only smart at repro, while others are only good at other specific functions)

also interesting just notice the general things a NN can do from this article http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/...00425151146.htm (pretty hot stuff)


I'm not thinking DB would be the best NN simulator, but i think having it all combined a NN a genetic part, and shape (of a MB) to be a factor of function.. is pretty close to exciting biology emulation..



i think you get the idea


( oh and check this out, someone is doing something verry similair to DB in java with neural net "cells" http://tim.hibal.org/blog/  (asbout halfway his blog..




Getting some NN inside DB is my reason to code again, but maybe my previous aprouch to learn opengl (intresting...) etc, wanst the right direction..