LLM-driven program mutation converges to restricted structural attractors, with 87% of chains showing over 93% structural revisits and most variation limited to terminal substitutions, unlike classical GP.
Kononova, Lars Kotthoff, and Thomas Bäck
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Mutation Without Variation: Convergence Dynamics in LLM-Driven Program Evolution
LLM-driven program mutation converges to restricted structural attractors, with 87% of chains showing over 93% structural revisits and most variation limited to terminal substitutions, unlike classical GP.