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Optimality and attainability of balanced resource allocation

Determine whether unbiased resource allocation (Bernoulli(0.5) between changing technological systems T and changing search spaces S) is an optimal strategy for sustaining co-evolutionary dynamics in the bitw0r1d framework, and ascertain whether societies can achieve such a balanced allocation through learning or adaptation.

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Background

The model assumes that resources are allocated with equal probability to changing technological systems or search spaces, thereby resolving explore–exploit trade-offs by fiat. The authors explicitly state uncertainty about whether this allocation is optimal and whether societies could reach such balance, suggesting future modeling with Bayesian learning to investigate these questions.

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However, we do not know if this represents an optimal allocation strategy, and neither do we know whether societies are capable of reaching this balanced allocation in the first place.

Modelling the emergence of open-ended technological evolution (2508.04828 - Winters et al., 6 Aug 2025) in Section 4. Discussion