This index page gives a comparison to John Smart's Philosophy

He states:
www.accelerationwatch.com/selforg_selfrep.html
In line with the new paradigm of evolutionary development of complex systems,
we are learning that tomorrow's most successful technological systems must be
organic in nature. Self-organization emerges only through a process of cyclic
development with limited evolution/variation within each cycle, a self-replicating
development that becomes incrementally tuned for progressively greater
self-assembly, self-repair, and self-reorganization, particularly at the lowest
component levels. At the same time, progressive self-awareness
(self-modelling) and general intelligence (environmental modelling) are
emergent features of such systems.

hiqnews.megafoundation.org/Human-Level%20Intelligence.html

Simulator for neurons: www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/


Neural Networks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_development
artificial embryogeny (AE) as the sub discipline of evolutionary computation (EC)
in which phenotypes undergoes a developmental phase.

www.aaai.org/Press/Proceedings/aaai06.php
Donbot's Site for Philosophical Discussion