try to recreate reality and a limited but repeatable form. roar like a lion, sing like a bird. remove everything that a thing looks like in order to leave what

try to recreate reality and a limited but repeatable form. roar like a lion, sing like a bird. remove everything that a thing looks like in order to leave what it is. break it into components and try to recompose them in new ways. general principals of intelligence, I'd say.