Architecture altering operations.
Fitness includes time penalty.
Program is repeatedly evaluated until 1000 timesteps or hits mine. One of the central challenges of computer science is to build a system that can automatically create computer programs that are competitive with those produced by humans. We argue that the field of design is a useful testbed for determining whether an automated technique can produce results that are competitive with human-produced results. We present several results that are competitive with the products of human creativity and inventiveness. This claim is supported by the fact that each of the results infringe on previously issued patents.