Epigrams On Programming / quote 17 of 28
Programming as punning
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
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A Processing program is a sketch
A Processing program is called a sketch. The idea is to make Java-style programming feel more like scripting, and adopt the process of scripting to quickly…
A program can outplay its designer
This victory of machine over man is widely cited, and for good reason. It demonstrates an important lesson: the capabilities of an artificial agent are not…
Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #machine-learning #artificial-intelligence #game #programming
Genghis walks with fifty-one tiny programs
Genghis has no central control. Nowhere in his construction is there a description of how to walk. “The software for Genghis was not organized as a single…
Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #robotics #programming #emergence #software
The holodeck idea
First introduced on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' in 1987, the holodeck consists of an empty black cube covered in white gridlines upon which a computer…
Hamlet On The Holodeck #computer #Holodeck #machine #programming
A playroom full of choices
There may be as many different types of playrooms as there are families, but every one of them should have the following design element: lots of choices. A…
Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina) #play #creativity #art #children
Alternatives to gold model open access
Are there no alternatives to this commodified, market-oriented logic currently in play in scientific publishing? Will this logic (and its serious…
Nature-branded Journal Goes Open Access-only: Can We Celebrate Already? | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog #logic #science #publishing-houses #play