Epigrams On Programming / quote 7 of 28
The law of the excluded muddle
Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.
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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
Constructor theory
The basic principle of constructor theory is that all fundamental laws of nature are expressible entirely in terms of statements of which tasks (i.e. classes…
Conway's law
Conway's Law, that states that "organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of…
Technology Radar July 2014 | Thoughtworks #law #organization #companies