Tron:Legacy And Isomorphisms
Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 00:20
in Mathematics & Economics
One of reasons I like Tron:Legacy is the existence of ISOs. ISOs are "isomorphic algorithms", which are lifeforms that emerged--unplanned--from the artificial environment of the grid. Besides being a cool movie manifestation of ALife and emergent phenomena, there is also an association with certain philosophical and AI ideas via the word "isomorphic." The introduction to ISOs may have sounded like a brief moment of technobabble to some, whereas to me it was a brilliant reference to Gödel, Escher, Bach. read more