The Lab With Brad

Recent Episodes

Ep 243: Genetic algorithms and evolution on fast-forward

Posted December 5, 2019 • 00:18:31

Genetic algorithms and evolution on fast-forward The dorg, the latest batch of digital organisms, will one day be placed in a little world to work out...

Ep 242: Maybe, if they all work together…

Posted November 21, 2019 • 00:19:18

Maybe, if they all work together… Last time we talked about how the dorg, the lab’s latest batch of digital organisms, are unlikely to be able to...

Ep 241: How and why the dorg are doomed

Posted November 7, 2019 • 00:19:15

How and why the dorg are doomed It seems like such a simple and obvious thing. Given that we can cause computer programs and the like to evolve and...

Ep 240: Of mice and men and minds

Posted October 24, 2019 • 00:24:57

Of mice and men and minds We’ve been looking and different unusually clever creatures—ants, bees, crows, octopus, elephants, whales, sea otters,...

Ep 239: Monkey brain business

Posted October 17, 2019 • 00:16:54

Monkey brain business Primates, from the littlest monkeys to the largest apes, have rather large brains for their size. They also have high neural density,...