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19 Post author: Jan_Rzymkowski 14 June 2015 05:05PM

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Comment author: bingobongo 14 June 2015 08:14:15PM 1 point [-]

Where is user Thomas? He should have some nice stuff to show I presume

Comment author: Thomas 15 June 2015 10:02:35AM 8 points [-]

Well, yes. I (and not me alone) have evolved bunch of things and keep evolving them.

What shocked even me, is the possibility of evolving 3D crosswords, 7 or 8 characters wide. I mean, there are about 10^400 combinations of English words in such a cube. And maybe 10^100 consistent solutions. I am not aware of any intelligent program which is able to construct one.

Yet, it's possible to artificially evolve one such a crossword per minute on a PC. Digital evolution is an underestimated way for doing things. Why? I don't know and don't even care. I know I don't underestimate it. Never have.

https://protokol2020.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/6x6x6-word-cube/