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MAKING MEANING HAPPEN

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FIG. 5
Development of a typical array of imitators, with perfect communicators shown in pure black and pure white. All other behavioral strategies coded in combinations of background colors and central dots. Development of array shown over 250 generations.





FIG. 13
Emergence of two dialects of perfect communicators, shown in solid black and white, in a randomized array of perceptrons with partial training on successful neighbors. All other behavioral strategies coded in combinations of background colors and central dots. Development of array shown over 334 generations.