January 2000: Fourth and Final Page of Thinking that Leads to NEAT

At the top of this page, I realize quickly that historical markings lead to the idea of speciation because now it is possible to tell what it related to what by using the innovation numbers. I realize that it will be possible to track speciation dynamics, which is what I am telling myself with the "Pop1" diagram at the top.

At the bottom of the page I have moved on to other issues that are beyond NEAT (i.e. synaptic plasticity). Apprently I am trying to solve everything in one sitting! In any case, the main ingredients of NEAT have been invented, except complexification, which was the last part added to the algorithm, and does not appear in these initial notes.