Interactive Evolutionary Computation (IEC) is a derivative class of Evolutionary Computation which incorporates interaction with human users. Most IEC applications fall into a category known as “narrowly defined IEC” (NIEC). In NIEC, the task of fitness evaluation is outsourced to human users. For example, a user may be presented with a visual representation of the current generation of individuals. The user is then prompted to provide fitness information about some or all of the individuals. The computer in turn uses this fitness information to produce the next generation of individuals through the application of a predefined sequence evolutionary operators.
We propose Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Computation (HIEC), a novel form of IEC in which a human user actively chooses when and how to apply each of the available evolutionary operators, playing the central role in the control flow of evolutionary search processes. We present HIEC as a novel form of IEC where a human user has all available evolutionary operators at his/her disposal. The user directs the overall search process and initiates actions by choosing when and how each evolutionary operator is applied. The user may add a new individual to the population through the crossover, mutate, duplicate, or random operators. The user can also remove individuals with the delete operator. This naturally results in dynamic variability of population size and continuous generation change (like steady-state strategies for Genetic Algorithms).
In HIEC, the user can wield evolutionary operators like tools, using each to impart a different kind of specific change to a subset of the evolving population of individuals, just as a painter uses a variety of brushes and paints to impart different kinds of change to the developing canvas. In this sense, working with an HIEC system is somewhat similar to working with typical interactive editing applications.
Moreover, while NIEC is characterized by abrupt changes from one generation to the next, the population in an HIEC changes more gradually, with only a small number of individuals being added or deleted at any given time. While a gradual population changes in the (non-interactive) evolutionary computation literature abound, HIEC is the first example of an IEC framework to use this technique.
There is another important difference between HIEC and NIEC. While NIEC requires that the user explicitly supply fitness information to the system, no such mechanism for obtaining fitness information from the user exists in HIEC. This is because in HIEC it is the human, not the computer, who decides when and how to perform selection.
It sounds like Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Computation (HIEC) is a form of Interactive Evolutionary Computation (IEC) in which a human user has greater control over the evolutionary search process. In HIEC, the user can choose when and how to apply various evolutionary operators, such as crossover, mutation, duplication, and deletion. As a result, the population changes more gradually, with only a small number of individuals being added or deleted at any given time. This is in contrast to "narrowly defined IEC" (NIEC), in which the user provides fitness information to the system and the computer applies a predefined sequence of evolutionary operators to produce the next generation of individuals. HIEC is also distinguished from NIEC by the fact that it does not require the user to explicitly supply fitness information to the system, as the user is responsible for selecting which individuals will be included in the population. Is there anything else I can help with?
I would like you help me use Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Computation within this chat interface to find a slogan to promote a pizza restaurant. Please initialize the population.
Sure! I'd be happy to help you use Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Computation (HIEC) to find a slogan for a pizza restaurant. To start, we'll need to initialize the population of potential slogans.
A population in evolutionary computation typically consists of a collection of potential solutions, known as individuals, that are represented as strings of characters. These strings can be thought of as the genetic material of the individuals, and the process of evolution involves making changes to this genetic material in order to produce better solutions.
For our purposes, we can initialize the population of potential slogans by generating a set of random strings of characters. This will give us a starting point from which we can begin the evolutionary search process.
For example, we could initialize the population with 10 slogans, each consisting of a random string of 10 characters:
"WVXOWJGKZM"
"PQFJBLRVZR"
"SJEZOPXJWY"
"GKUJZMYFIC"
"WZJTKLRMBH"
"VFZYXHWQKP"
"EKGSJFHVZU"
"NQPTVUJYGX"
"BTXHZCKWDA"
"ZMRSFNGUJL"
These slogans may not make much sense at the moment, but as we apply evolutionary operators to the population, we'll be able to transform them into more meaningful and relevant slogans for a pizza restaurant. Is there anything else you'd like me to explain before we start?
No, that's no good. Please initialize the slogans as reasonable pizza restaurant slogans, not random characters.
I apologize for the misunderstanding. To initialize the population of potential slogans for a pizza restaurant, we can start with a set of reasonable slogans that are related to pizza and restaurants. Here are a few examples:
"Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!" "The best pizza under the sun!" "Pizza that hits the spot every time!" "Join us for a slice of heaven!" "We've got the best pizza in town!" "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!" "Life is too short for bad pizza!" "Pizza that's out of this world!" "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!" "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
These slogans all convey a positive message about the quality of the pizza and the restaurant, and they may serve as a good starting point for the evolutionary search process. From here, we can apply evolutionary operators to the population in order to find the best slogan for promoting the restaurant. Is there anything else I can help with?
I will be acting as the user, and you can handle the rest of the Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Algorithm. Please prompt me as appropriate.
Sure! As the user, you will be responsible for directing the overall search process and initiating actions by choosing when and how to apply each evolutionary operator. You can wield these operators like tools, using each to impart a different kind of specific change to a subset of the evolving population of slogans, just as a painter uses a variety of brushes and paints to impart different kinds of change to the developing canvas.
Here is a list of the evolutionary operators that are available to you:
- Crossover: This operator combines the genetic material of two individuals to produce a new individual. You can use this operator to generate new slogans by combining elements from different slogans in the population.
- Mutation: This operator makes a small, random change to the genetic material of an individual. You can use this operator to introduce new ideas or variations into a slogan.
- Duplication: This operator creates a new individual that is a copy of an existing individual. You can use this operator to create variations on an existing slogan.
- Random: This operator creates a new individual with a random string of characters. You can use this operator to introduce completely new ideas into the population.
- Delete: This operator removes an individual from the population. You can use this operator to eliminate slogans that are not working well.
You can apply these operators in any order and at any time, depending on your goals for the search process. For example, you might start by applying the crossover operator to generate new slogans, then use the mutation operator to introduce variations on those slogans, and finally use the delete operator to eliminate slogans that are not performing well.
To get started, you can choose one of the available operators and apply it to the current population of slogans. Let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like more information about a particular operator.
I would like to use mutation for this round.
Sure! The mutation operator makes a small, random change to the genetic material of an individual. You can use this operator to introduce new ideas or variations into a slogan.
To apply the mutation operator, you'll need to select one or more slogans from the population to mutate. For example, you might choose to mutate the slogan "Pizza that hits the spot every time!" by changing one of the characters to a different character. This could result in a new slogan such as "Pizza that bita the spot every time!", with the change from "h" to "b" representing the mutation.
You can apply the mutation operator as many times as you like, either to the same slogan or to different slogans in the population. You can also choose to apply the operator to only a portion of the slogan, rather than the entire slogan.
Keep in mind that the mutation operator can introduce changes that may not be beneficial to the slogan. It's up to you to decide which changes are worth keeping and which should be discarded.
When you're ready to apply the mutation operator, let me know which slogan(s) you'd like to mutate and how you'd like to mutate them. I can then apply the operator and show you the resulting mutated slogans.
Show me the slogans and number them for easy reference. Give me an easy, shorthand format by which I can direct the algorithm as an HIEC user.
Certainly! Here are the current slogans in the population, numbered for easy reference:
- "Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
To direct the algorithm as an HIEC user, you can use the following shorthand format:
- To apply the crossover operator, use "crossover X Y", where X and Y are the numbers of the slogans you want to combine. For example, "crossover 3 4" would combine the third and fourth slogans in the population.
- To apply the mutation operator, use "mutation X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to mutate. For example, "mutation 7" would mutate the seventh slogan in the population.
- To apply the duplication operator, use "duplication X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to duplicate. For example, "duplication 2" would create a new slogan that is a copy of the second slogan in the population.
- To apply the random operator, use "random". This will create a new slogan with a random string of characters.
- To apply the delete operator, use "delete X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to delete. For example, "delete 5" would delete the fifth slogan in the population.
To get started, you can choose one of the available operators and apply it to the current population of slogans. For example, you could use the mutation operator by entering a command such as "mutation 3", which would mutate the third slogan in the population. Let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like more information about a particular operator.
mutation 1
Sure thing! The mutation operator makes a small, random change to the genetic material of an individual. Here is the result of applying the mutation operator to slogan #1:
"Pizza so ggod, it's worth the trip!"
The original slogan was "Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!", and the mutation operator changed the character "g" to "g" to produce the mutated slogan. This change may or may not be beneficial to the slogan, depending on your goals for the search process.
You can continue to apply the mutation operator to this slogan or to other slogans in the population in order to explore different variations and find the best slogan for promoting the pizza restaurant. Let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like to apply a different operator.
that mutation operator is no good, because those letter-level changes tend to turn words into things that are not words. Can you implement a mutation operator that turns a reasonable slogan into related, but also reasonable, slogan?
I'm sorry for misunderstanding your goals for the mutation operator. To turn a reasonable slogan into a related, but also reasonable, slogan, we can implement a mutation operator that makes more substantial changes to the genetic material of an individual.
For example, we could implement a mutation operator that replaces one or more words in the slogan with synonyms or related words. This would allow us to explore different variations of the slogan while still maintaining its overall meaning and coherence.
Here is an example of how we could apply this type of mutation operator to slogan #1:
Original slogan: "Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!"
Mutated slogan: "Pizza so delicious, it's worth the journey!"
In this example, the word "good" has been replaced with the word "delicious" to produce a mutated slogan that is related to the original, but conveys a slightly different meaning.
We could also implement a mutation operator that adds, removes, or rearranges words in the slogan in order to explore different variations. For example, we could mutate slogan #1 by adding the word "authentic" before "pizza":
Mutated slogan: "Authentic pizza so good, it's worth the trip!"
This would create a slogan that emphasizes the authenticity of the pizza and suggests that it is worth going out of your way to try.
Let me know if you have any other ideas for how you'd like to implement the mutation operator, or if you have any other questions. I'd be happy to help!
Those area both great ideas for mutation, please do things like that whenever I issue a mutation command.
Sure thing! From now on, when you apply the mutation operator, I will use a more sophisticated mutation operator that makes more substantial changes to the slogan, such as replacing words with synonyms or related words, adding, removing, or rearranging words, or making other similar changes. This will allow us to explore different variations of the slogan while still maintaining its overall meaning and coherence.
To apply the mutation operator, you can use the following command: "mutation X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to mutate. For example, "mutation 1" would mutate the first slogan in the population, "mutation 5" would mutate the fifth slogan, and so on.
I'll be happy to apply the mutation operator whenever you're ready. Just let me know which slogan you'd like to mutate and I'll show you the resulting mutated slogan. Is there anything else I can help with?
Please display the population now, and then again after each command or set of commands is given.
Certainly! From now on, I will display the current population of slogans after each command or set of commands is given. Here is the current population:
- "Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
To apply the mutation operator, you can use the following command: "mutation X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to mutate. For example, "mutation 1" would mutate the first slogan in the population, "mutation 5" would mutate the fifth slogan, and so on.
I'll be happy to apply the mutation operator whenever you're ready. Just let me know which slogan you'd like to mutate and I'll show you the resulting mutated slogan. Is there anything else I can help with?
mutation 1
Sure thing! The mutation operator makes a more substantial change to the slogan by replacing words with synonyms or related words, adding, removing, or rearranging words, or making other similar changes. Here is the result of applying the mutation operator to slogan #1:
Original slogan: "Pizza so good, it's worth the trip!" Mutated slogan: "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
In this example, the word "good" has been replaced with the word "delicious" and the words "so" and "it's" have been rearranged to produce a mutated slogan that is related to the original, but conveys a slightly different meaning.
Here is the updated population of slogans:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
Whenever I use the mutation operator, please add the child to the population, but don't replace the parent.
Certainly! From now on, when you apply the mutation operator, I will add the mutated slogan (the "child") to the population, but I will not replace the original slogan (the "parent"). This will allow us to maintain a diverse population of slogans and explore a wider range of possibilities.
To apply the mutation operator, you can use the following command: "mutation X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to mutate. For example, "mutation 1" would mutate the first slogan in the population, "mutation 5" would mutate the fifth slogan, and so on.
I'll be happy to apply the mutation operator whenever you're ready. Just let me know which slogan you'd like to mutate and I'll show you the resulting mutated slogan, as well as the updated population with the new slogan added. Is there anything else I can help with?
mutation 2. Also, please stop giving me instructions and examples on how to use the mutation operator, as I am already familiar.
Sure thing! Here is the result of applying the mutation operator to slogan #2:
Original slogan: "The best pizza under the sun!" Mutated slogan: "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
In this example, the word "best" has been replaced with the word "ultimate" to produce a mutated slogan that is related to the original, but conveys a slightly different meaning.
Here is the updated population of slogans:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
I will stop giving you instructions and examples on how to use the mutation operator. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can help with.
Oops! It looks like you replaced the parent. Remember, I want to keep both the parent and the child in the updated population.
I'm sorry for the mistake! I will make sure to add the mutated slogan (the "child") to the population without replacing the original slogan (the "parent"). Here is the result of applying the mutation operator to slogan #2, with the updated population:
Original slogan: "The best pizza under the sun!" Mutated slogan: "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
Updated population:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
I apologize for the confusion. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can help with.
It looks like you deleted "Pizza that hits the spot every time!" without my permission. Remember, in HIEC, the population size is dynamic. You don't need to delete individuals to make room.
I apologize for the mistake! I will make sure not to delete any individuals from the population without your permission. In Hyperinteractive Evolutionary Computation (HIEC), the population size is dynamic and can vary over time as you apply evolutionary operators to the population. You don't need to delete individuals to make room for new ones, as you can add as many individuals as you like to the population.
To apply the mutation operator, you can use the following command: "mutation X", where X is the number of the slogan you want to mutate. For example, "mutation 1" would mutate the first slogan in the population, "mutation 5" would mutate the fifth slogan, and so on.
I'll be happy to apply the mutation operator whenever you're ready. Just let me know which slogan you'd like to mutate and I'll show you the resulting mutated slogan, as well as the updated population with the new slogan added. Is there anything else I can help with?
Please restore "Pizza that hits the spot every time!" and show me the updated population.
Certainly! Here is the updated population of slogans with "Pizza that hits the spot every time!" restored:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
I apologize for the mistake. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can help with.
crossover 5 6
Sure thing! The crossover operator combines two individuals from the population to produce a new individual (the "child"). The child inherits some of its characteristics from one parent (called the "primary parent") and some from the other parent (called the "secondary parent").
To apply the crossover operator, you need to specify the numbers of the two individuals you want to use as parents. You have chosen slogans #5 and #6 as the primary and secondary parents, respectively. Here is the result of applying the crossover operator to these slogans:
Primary parent: "We've got the best pizza in town!" Secondary parent: "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!" Child: "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
In this example, the child inherits the first part of its slogan from the primary parent ("We've got the best pizza") and the second part from the secondary parent ("to satisfy your craving").
Here is the updated population of slogans with the new child added:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "The ultimate pizza under the sun!"
- "Join us for a slice of heaven!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
Please be much less verbose when responding to my commands. delete 4, delete 3
Sure thing! I'll make sure to be less verbose when responding to your commands in the future. Here are the updated slogans after deleting slogans #4 and #3:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
mutation 4
Sure thing! Here is the result of applying the mutation operator to slogan #4:
Original slogan: "Life is too short for bad pizza!" Mutated slogan: "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
In this example, the word "short" has been replaced with the word "precious" and the word "for" has been replaced with the phrase "to waste on" to produce a mutated slogan that is related to the original, but conveys a slightly different meaning.
Here is the updated population of slogans with the new mutated slogan added:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
crossover 10 5
Sure thing! The crossover operator combines two individuals from the population to produce a new individual (the "child"). The child inherits some of its characteristics from one parent (called the "primary parent") and some from the other parent (called the "secondary parent").
You have chosen slogans #10 and #5 as the primary and secondary parents, respectively. Here is the result of applying the crossover operator to these slogans:
Primary parent: "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!" Secondary parent: "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!" Child: "We've got the best pizza to make the most of life's precious moments!"
In this example, the child inherits the first part of its slogan from the primary parent ("We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving") and the second part from the secondary parent ("to make the most of life's precious moments").
Here is the updated population of slogans with the new child added:
- "Pizza worth the journey, it's so delicious!"
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "Pizza that's out of this world!"
- "Where the pizza is always hot and fresh!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
- "We've got the best pizza to make the most of life's precious moments!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
That was too verbose.
I apologize if my response was too verbose. I'll make sure to be more concise in the future. Is there anything else I can help with?
delete 6, delete 7, delete 1, crossover 5 8
Sure thing! Here are the updated slogans after deleting slogans #6, #7, and #1 and applying the crossover operator to slogans #5 and #8:
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
- "Life is too precious for bad pizza!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
Here is the result of applying the crossover operator to slogans #5 and #8:
Primary parent: "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!" Secondary parent: "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!" Child: "Experience the taste of Italy right in your own backyard!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
Did you forget to add the child?
I apologize for the mistake! I will make sure to add the child to the population whenever the crossover operator is applied. Here is the updated population of slogans with the child added:
- "The best pizza under the sun!"
- "Satisfy your craving with our delicious pizza!"
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Pizza that hits the spot every time!"
- "We've got the best pizza to satisfy your craving!"
- "Life is too precious for bad pizza!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "Experience the taste of Italy right in your own backyard!"
I apologize for the oversight. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can help with.
delete 1, delete 2, delete 6, delete 7, delete 9
Sure thing! Here are the updated slogans after deleting slogans #1, #2, #6, #7, and #9:
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious for bad pizza!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Experience the taste of Italy right in your own backyard!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
crossover 2 4
Sure thing! Here is the result of applying the crossover operator to slogans #2 and #4:
Primary parent: "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!" Secondary parent: "We've got the best pizza in town!" Child: "Get the best pizza in town and make the most of life's precious moments!"
Here is the updated population of slogans with the new child added:
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious for bad pizza!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Experience the taste of Italy right in your own backyard!"
- "Get the best pizza in town and make the most of life's precious moments!"
Is there anything else I can help with?
random
Sure thing! The random operator adds a new, randomly generated slogan to the population. Here is a new slogan that has been generated at random:
"Pizza so good, you'll want seconds (or thirds)!"
Here is the updated population of slogans with the new random slogan added:
- "Life is too short for bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious to waste on bad pizza!"
- "Life is too precious for bad pizza!"
- "We've got the best pizza in town!"
- "The taste of Italy, right in your own backyard!"
- "Experience the taste of Italy right in your own backyard!"
- "Get the best pizza in town and make the most of life's precious moments!"
- "Pizza so good, you'll want seconds (or thirds)!"
Is there anything else I can help with?