Evolution of Collective AI Beyond Individual Optimization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02085v1
• Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:03:36 GMT
• Title: Evolution of Collective AI Beyond Individual Optimization
• Authors: Ryosuke Takata, Yujin Tang, Yingtao Tian, Norihiro Maruyama, Hiroki Kojima, Takashi Ikegami,
• Abstract summary: This study investigates collective behaviors that emerge from a group of homogeneous individuals optimized for a specific capability. We created a group of simple, identical neural network based agents modeled after chemotaxis-driven vehicles that follow pheromone trails. Our results show that the evolution of individuals led to population differentiation.
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• Abstract: This study investigates collective behaviors that emerge from a group of homogeneous individuals optimized for a specific capability. We created a group of simple, identical neural network based agents modeled after chemotaxis-driven vehicles that follow pheromone trails and examined multi-agent simulations using clones of these evolved individuals. Our results show that the evolution of individuals led to population differentiation. Surprisingly, we observed that collective fitness significantly changed during later evolutionary stages, despite maintained high individual performance and simplified neural architectures. This decline occurred when agents developed reduced sensor-motor coupling, suggesting that over-optimization of individual agents almost always lead to less effective group behavior. Our research investigates how individual differentiation can evolve through what evolutionary pathways.

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