CDR: Re: Think cash
James A.. Donald
jamesd at echeque.com
Thu Oct 12 08:54:11 PDT 2000
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At 12:59 PM 10/11/2000 -0400, Marcel Popescu wrote:
> An interesting idea has surfaced on the freenet-chat list: is it possible to
> build a program that creates some sort of a puzzle, whose answer the
> generating computer knows (and can verify), but which can only be answered
> by a human being, not by a computer? [Additional requirement: it should be
> easy for the human to answer the puzzle.]
Origami world.
Computer generates a random 3D object out of large polygons with fairly
sharp angles of contact, subject to various limits on the way in which the
object is generated. Displays 2D image of 3D object.
Human infers 3D object from 2D image, infers unseen portions of the image
from rules by which the 3D image is generated -- for example that the
object must make sense mechanically -- that it should be stable resting on
a plane.
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James A. Donald
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