On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:50 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am writing a literature review on AGI and I am mentioning the definition > of pattern as explained by Ben in his work. > > "A pattern is a representation of an object on a simpler scale. For > example, a pattern in a drawing of a mathematical curve could be a program > that can compute the curve from a formula (Looks et al. 2004). My supervisor > told me that "she doesn?t see how this can be simpler than the actual > drawing". > > Any other definition I could use in the same context to explain to a > non-technical audience? >
Hi, See the Wikipedia article on Kolmogorov complexity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity It has a nice example with a Mandelbrot set: you get this arbitrarily detailed image from a one-line algorithm. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=101816851-9a120b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
