Interesting post on hackernews today. Michael Levin is arguing that a video puzzle game, Baba Is You (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You or https://hempuli.com/baba/), is good preparation for working in his lab.
What’s cool about this puzzle game (besides the fact that it’s challenging > and fun) is that it gets you to break a number of mental categories and > think more continuously and fluidly about topics relevant to the > understanding of life and mind. Among other things, it dissolves barriers > between data and algorithm, between a cognitive system and its contents, > and gets you to think differently. People often ask me what kind of > preparation they need to join our lab; I think I’ll put this game on that > list. It’s a good introduction to the relevant mental flexibility, > especially given our latest directions > <https://drmichaellevin.org/research/newdirections.html>. Hofstadter’s > incredible, classic GEB > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach> is another such. -- rec --
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