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From: thom@garnet.berkeley.edu (Thom Gillespie)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Image syntax
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Date: 9 Apr 91 05:12:34 GMT
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In article <1292@nttvdt.ntt.jp> toyosawa@nttvdt.NTT.JP (Satoshi Toyosawa) writes:
>Maybe one way to introduce syntax or  grammer  of pictures is to build
>an expert-system on arts. But if we  go so  much into generalizing the
>essence of arts, many of good information such as indescriable feeling
>and emotion will be lost, however, that maybe the good starting point,
>--
>----  Satoshi Toyosawa

This is an aside but Pam McCorducks new book, Aaron's Code is a must read for
anyone remotely interested in AI or expert systems and Art. It deals with the
work of harold Cohen, a painter who was world famous in the late 60's, who
decided to try to embody in art in a program. He was thedomain expert, and
became the ultimate knowledge engineer and programmer to produce Aaron, an
amazing program which draws 'like' Howard would except that there is a fair
degree of randomness built into the program. This program does not produce
'computer art' it produces art. This is agigantic step past a mere expert
system of art. The book is well written and raises all 'the ai questions' to a
new level of discussion.
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