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Teageneration (or: why I don’t trust transporters) (2016)
- est31 6y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_loss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_loss
- the_pwner224 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4KHfqw-oE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4KHfqw-oE
- teddyh 6y agoWhatever scanner they used, it seems terrible for the purpose of scanning teapots.
- fluffycritter 6y agoI used a structure.io sensor (referenced in the text of the post). https://structure.io/ https://structure.io/
- necubi 6y agoThis is like a physical version of "I Am Sitting In A Room" [0], a classic work of experimental music. In that piece, Alvin Lucier speaks the words "I am sitting in a room different from the the one you are in now..." into a recorder, which is then played back into another recorder, on and on until it becomes unintelligible. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk
- fluffycritter 6y agoHi, artist here. I also did an interactive installation work directly inspired by I Am Sitting In A Room. :) It's only had a single (prototype) showing though. https://beesbuzz.biz/art/1512-whatwesaidwillbe https://beesbuzz.biz/art/1512-whatwesaidwillbe
- Smaug123 6y agoIt's a bit different scanning a teapot to scanning a human - it may be the case that the built-in ability for humans to self-repair could carry the day, even granting that generation loss is an unavoidable thing for teleporters. Interesting artwork though!
- amelius 6y agoI suppose a 3d-printed object could carry a (steganographic?) copy of its own specification, so you could replicate it endlessly without degeneration.
- CrazyStat 6y agoOnly if the specification is concise enough to fit in/on the object. If you're 3d printing a sphere or another shape that can easily be parameterized, great; if you're 3d printing a model of a brain I expect you'll have a hard time.
- dTal 6y agoThat doesn't sound entirely trivial? Like a physical quine.
- amelius 6y agoLet S be the original specification. Let F(S) be the specification with steganography applied. The steganography ensures that there is a Finv that can be induced from F(S) and such that Finv(F(S)) = S. You print F(S). The receiver scans the object F(S) and computes S. From there you can repeat the process.