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“[S]uitably complicated recursive systems might be strong enough to break out of any predetermined patterns. And isn't this one of the defining properties of intelligence? Instead of just considering programs composed of procedures which can recursively”

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Book:Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Source: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

“[M]eaning is part of an object to the extent that it acts upon intelligence in a predictable way.”

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Book:Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Source: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid