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Comment author: polymathwannabe 25 July 2014 12:57:14PM 0 points [-]

Do you think you would have understood your creation if you had stayed to watch it grow?

Comment author: HungryHobo 25 July 2014 01:43:52PM *  1 point [-]

only very slightly more.

I've sat watching things like that improve over generations and you still only see the results.

Perhaps if I'd examined the ANN's for every generation I'd have more insight but the important point is that merely being able to create something doesn't mean you can automatically understand everything about it.