40,000 Neuron Spider

Randomly wired spiking neural network model. With ~780,000 synapses... is it alive? Is it conscious?

Shot in 2x time-lapse, running at 100% CPU usage on Intel Core2 Quad (4-core) Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

Neurons: 40000
ins/outs: 2352|96
Synapses: 779454
Avg Synapses/Neuron: 19.4863

Music by The Chemical Brothers

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• spiking neural network
• artificial life
• artificial intelligence
• physics
• bullet
• 3d
• crittergod
• critterding
• neuron
• synapse
• spiking
• pulse
• random
• wired
• control
• out of control
• control system
• consciousness
• philsophy
• epistemology
• robot
• ethics
• death
• life
• sensory
• sensation
• motor
• sensorimotor
• cognition
• cognitive
• simulation
• c++

[DarioTheRadioStar]

Have you trained this neural network? Without training a Neural Network is just a random signal generator/scrambler...you can use a genetic algorithm (but simulating a population of 100 individuals with 40.000 neuron each could require centuries) or other techiniques like reinforcement learning or supervised learnig :)

[automenta]

@DarioTheRadioStar thanks for the suggestion. these are randomly wired spiking neural networks in open feedback loop with a 3d physical environment. the networks learn according to a modified hebbian synapse updating rule adapted from the Critterding software. Critterding uses evolution to evolve neural network structure BTW. The experiment is to see whether massive spiking neural networks can exhibit intelligent behavior. In our latest code, the networks dynamically self grow and prune

[schwiiZZZ]

How long does it take to learn this stuff?

[vladimirzakharov]

What are ins and outs for the network? Does it learn anything anyhow?

[MrJosiahT]

Did you use hyperNEAT for this?

[kayou666]

@thatguyofmanythings

C++ nor Java, nor C# is a programm, you silly guy ;)

They are programming languages.

You can vitit my channel, there in movies section are "artificial bees" which senses sorround, trained by some king of genetic algorithm, introduced by me: spiking firebug optimisation. WIsh you best to understand :)

[kayou666]

bro, isnt it simpler to make ANN with 6 outputs and controll that with IR/cinematics? That HUGE network havent any sense... you can reach same thing much, MUCH, simpler.

[thatguyofmanythings]

Hello, I am studying neuroscience for a project, I wish to create a virtual robot that senses it's surroundings and learns from it's enviroment with some form of Genetic Learning. Could you tell me what programs you used to create this? C++, Java, CSharp?

By the way I'm a very smart 13 year old with a big love for science.