Artifact reveal the intention of the creator, it is something "designed" to modify the world. System is the result of sensing the world, it is the result of an information process (a model). imo the main diff here is intention/declaration vs. sensing; both important roles of the virtuous experience cycle. Artifacts are constrained by the point of view (state) of the creator/designer; while systems are open in the sense that can vary contents preserving identity through time. cheers, Ale.
----- Original Message ----- From: Andrey Fedorov To: Fundamentals of New Computing Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:35 PM Subject: [fonc] Systems and artifacts I've noticed the word "artifact" used in a similar sense as "system", with no overly obvious distinction [1]. One that comes to mind is an "artifact" being something we're considering in relation to its human origins, and "system" being something we are considering in terms of finding an optimal representation. For example, we could consider TCP/IP an artifact if we're talking about its design, or a system if we're talking about studying its inherent properties [2]. Or is this off? Cheers, Andrey 1. The former, mostly in Brooks' "The Design of Design". The latter, mostly in writings relating to VPRI's work. 2. Kay makes a similar distinction between "invention/engineering" and "research/science" here: http://computinged.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/alan-kay-on-hoping-that-simple-is-not-too-simple/#comment-2318 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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