> From: Mike Tintner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's actually obvious if you care to listen, that music involves a > combination of pattern fitting/extrapolation and pattern BREAKING. The > whole > point of a pop song is that it involves a creative idea - a *twist* on > existing patterns. That's why people listen - to hear something NEW and > different as well as old and similar. Far from being dumbed down, humans > have never been so insatiable in their demand for novelty. > > And that is an essential feature of a true AGI - not just pattern > seeking, > but pattern breaking. Is that in Ben's or anyone else's theory? > > What you just did is the equivalent of saying: "all these jokes are > about > the same thing - changing lightbulbs". How many mathematicians does it > take > to change a lightbulb? An infinite number. And they still can't get the > joke. > > That was my first go. So I looked it up and there are a lot of versions > - > almost all interestingly with the same basic message: >
The synchronous melodies of the crickets strumming their legs, changes harmony as the wind moves warmthness. The reeds vibrate; the birds, fearing the snake, break their rhythmic falsetto polyphonies and flutter away to new pastures. John ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
