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Ken Stanley: Novelty Search Without Objectives

fzambetta75 · Talk · YouTube title: Ken Stanley: Discovery Without Objectives
Why it's here

Cited as a source for the idea that open-ended search can beat objective-driven optimization, though one commenter found parts of it fluffy.

What it covers

A 92-minute RMIT University seminar in which Ken Stanley argues that setting an objective can block achieving it. He presents objective-less, novelty-driven search as an alternative approach to innovation and discovery, drawing on evolutionary computation.