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Smooth, take a look at the 'evolved' verses the human invented chips for several circuits. Using genetic programming, scientists have been able to duplicate previously patented inventions by 'evolving' circuits. Interestingly, these evolved circuits are usually better than their human invented counterparts, and in the case of the example given in the article (a circuit for generating cubic waves, I think) we don't understand how it works. It, like many complex systems would not operate if any one piece was removed (except for a few left over extraneous ones), and yet it's existence is due to an evolutionary process.
I couldn't find the original article anywhere, but I think the one I am referring to came from the february 2003 issue of scientific american.
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