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3 unusual facts about Harold Cohen


AARON

AARON cannot learn new styles or imagery on its own, each new capability must be hand-coded by Harold Cohen, but it is capable of producing a practically infinite supply of distinct images in its own style.

However, it could be argued that AARON is simply following procedural instructions and that the real artist behind each piece is AARON's creator, Cohen.

Proceeding from Cohen's initial question "What are the minimum conditions under which a set of marks functions as an image?", AARON has been in continual development since 1973.



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