Xav,
Really interesting post.
A pattern is an underlying structure of things - from a herringbone pattern
that could be variously implemented on different cloths to a structure
underlying different series of numbers..
It is not a "representation."
Nor is a program a representation. A program that produces a circle, is not
a representation of a circle. It is essentially a recipe - a set of
instructions to CONSTRUCT a circle.
To confuse pattern and program with representations is to confuse the recipe
with the actual dish of food.
If you start with a photo or detailed image of an object, and from that do
an outline drawing or schematic imate, you then have a representation on a
simpler scale.
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?
thanks
xav
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