The Result

Genetic programming evolved an electronic thermometer as described in Section 49.3 of Genetic Programming III: Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving (Koza, Bennett, Andre, and Keane 1999).

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Basis for Claim of Human-Competitiveness

The design of a zero-input electronic thermometer is a problem of recognized difficulty. At least two dozen temperature-sensing circuits have been patented, including ones by Massey (1970) and Haeusler (1976). Sidney Darlington received a patent for a temperature-compensated transistor amplifier in 1959 (Darlington 1959).

Referring to the eight criteria in chapter 1 of Genetic Programming III: Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving (Koza, Bennett, Andre, and Keane 1999) for establishing that an automatically created result is competitive with a human-produced result, the automatic synthesis of a voltage gain stage for an electronic thermometer satisfies the following two criteria:

(A) The result was patented as an invention in the past, is an improvement over a patented invention, or would qualify today as a patentable new invention.

(G) The result solves a problem of indisputable difficulty in its field.

References

Darlington, Sidney. 1959. Temperature Compensated Transistor Amplifier. U.S. Patent 2,885,494. Filed September 26, 1952. Issued May 5, 1959.

Haeusler, Jochen, 1976. Arrangement for Measuring Temperatures. U.S. Patent 3,943,434. Filed February 6, 1974. Issued March 9, 1976.

Koza, John R., Bennett III, Forrest H, Andre, David, and Keane, Martin A. 1999a. Genetic Programming III: Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.

Massey, John. 1970. Compensated Resistance Bridge-Type Electrical Thermometer. U.S. Patent 3,541,857. Filed November 27, 1968. Issued November 24, 1970.

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