I went to see this exhibition today. I don't know that I would encourage friends of mine who aren't already interested in algorithmic and computer-assisted art

I went to see this exhibition today. I don't know that I would encourage friends of mine who aren't already interested in algorithmic and computer-assisted art to attend, but I got a lot out of it. As someone born after most of the pieces in this exhibition, it's interesting to see connections between these historical works and what artists and designers are doing today. I also got a kick out of this seeing this refrigerator-sized CM-2 supercomputer (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/200389 https://www.moma.org/collection/works/200389), not because it was so big but because the programs it ran were designed to make its array of LEDs blink. As described on Wikipedia: > By default, when a processor is executing an instruction, its LED is on. In a SIMD program, the goal is to have as many processors as possible working the program at the same time – indicated by having all LEDs being steady on. Those unfamiliar with the use of the LEDs wanted to see the LEDs blink – or even spell out messages to visitors. The result is that finished programs often have superfluous operations to blink the LEDs.