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We describe some simple simulations showing two possible adaptive advantages of the ability to predict the consequences of one’s actions: predicted inputs can replace missing inputs and predicted success vs. failure can help deciding whether to actually executing a planned action or not. The neural networks controlling the organisms’ behaviour include distinct modules whose connection weights are all genetically inherited and evolved using a genetic algorithm except those of the predictive module which are learned during life.
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Caligiore, D., Tria, M., Parisi, D. (2006). Some Adaptive Advantages of the Ability to Make Predictions. In: Nolfi, S., et al. From Animals to Animats 9. SAB 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4095. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11840541_2
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