Hi,
Interesting ideas.
My immediate reaction was to think: This sounds like some
older (and still current?) questions about Jazz music. My
understanding has been that a fundamental feature of Jazz is
improvization. What happens if Jazz is recorded or it the
improvization details can be noted in music sheet form? When
a second musician "plays" that (same?) music, is it "really"
Jazz? Some say "yes," but others propose that the second
musician is playing a Jazz style but _not_ "real Jazz."
[A similar question can be raised about other art forms.]
Glenn Snelbecker, Temple University
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>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:02:39 -0500
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>Subject: Robotic thought
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>Please excuse the following stream of thought:
>
>If design becomes 100% digital it can be recorded.
>
>If recorded it can be 'replicated'.
>
>Following on from Chess - should design become a machine
specific 'talent'
>do we begin to live in a world designed by automata?
>
>This may sound crazy until we consider products that are
already beyond
>human comprehension - like the desktop.
>
>The only thing a computer program can not be born with is
talent.
>
>Eom.
>
>
>
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>Glenn Johnson
>Director, B/E Aerospace Industrial Design Studio
>tel. +1 336 744 3143
>fax. +1 336 744 3207
Glenn E. Snelbecker, Ph.D., Professor, Temple University
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