I’ve heard this idea of AI group selection floated a few times but people used to say it was too computationally intensive. Now who knows?
Closest biology the idea brings to mind is this paper showing that selecting chickens as groups leads to better overall yields (in factory farming :( ) for the reasons you predict—they aren’t as aggressive or stressed by crowding as the chickens that are individually selected for the biggest yields.
I’ve heard this idea of AI group selection floated a few times but people used to say it was too computationally intensive. Now who knows?
Closest biology the idea brings to mind is this paper showing that selecting chickens as groups leads to better overall yields (in factory farming :( ) for the reasons you predict—they aren’t as aggressive or stressed by crowding as the chickens that are individually selected for the biggest yields.