Adaptive Behavior through a Darwinist Machine

In this paper we propose a mechanism based on Darwinist principles applied on-line that provides organisms with the capability of adapting through the use of their interaction with their surroundings in order to improve the level of satisfaction obtained. The mechanism involves a two level concurrent operation of evolutionary processes. The processing carried out in the first, or unconscious level, leads to a current, or conscious model of the world and the organism, which is employed for evaluating candidate strategies, using as fitness the predicted motivation satisfaction.