AI programmer: autonomously creating software programs using genetic algorithms

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we present AI Programmer, a machine learning (ML) system that can automatically generate full software programs, while requiring only minimal human guidance. At its core, AI Programmer uses a genetic algorithm (GA), coupled with a tightly constrained programming language that minimizes the overhead of its ML search space. Part of AI Programmer's novelty stems from (i) its unique system design, including an embedded, hand-crafted interpreter for efficiency and security and (ii) its augmentation of classic GA to include instruction-gene randomization bindings and programming language-specific genome construction and elimination techniques. We provide a detailed examination of AI Programmer's system design, several examples detailing how the system works, and experimental data demonstrating its software generation capabilities and performance using only mainstream CPUs.