Figure 1: Simple Evolutionary Algorithm in Action . This article assumes you have intermediate or better programming skill but doesn't assume you know anything about evolutionary algorithms. The demo ...

“The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s omnipotent. Except that it’s not. An algorithm is a simple concept that, today, has many complex manifestations.

The new AI program can recognize a handwritten character about as accurately as a human can, after seeing just a single example. The best existing machine-learning algorithms,… ...