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If I had to guess, I'd say it all started with GEB by Douglas Hofstadter. It very well explains aspects of symbol manipulation using koans. However, there might
by noiv 9y ago
If I had to guess, I'd say it all started with GEB by Douglas Hofstadter. It very well explains aspects of symbol manipulation using koans. However, there might be another precursor.
- dllthomas 9y agoESR attributes the invention of the "AI koan" to Danny Hillis "while a student at MIT". Hillis graduated in 1978. GEB was published in 1979. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hillis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hillis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach