This reminds me of the story about using genetic programming to design hardware,...

yjftsjthsd-h on Feb 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C Chargers

This reminds me of the story about using genetic programming to design hardware, where it would reliably generate designs that worked... somehow. Complete with apparently nonfunctional parts that couldn't be pruned without breaking it.