{"id":4532,"date":"2015-07-14T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2015-07-14T15:24:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:24:02","slug":"approximate-programming-by-chris-kiefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/approximate-programming-by-chris-kiefer\/","title":{"rendered":"Approximate programming by Chris Kiefer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coding by weird interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Approximate coding. Take a number generator and turn it into code. Any number generator will work. Use gene expression programming. It&#8217;s fast but not precise.<\/p>\n<p>What is the value of code as a medium? How precise does code need to be in a live situation? Is the keyboard the best way to write code?<\/p>\n<p>Genetic programming uses a tree representation. Numbers are translated into the tree. Component functions plus arrays of numbers make new code to run.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s got jit nodes in SuperCollider and a multislider. Changing the faders changes the synthdef.&nbsp; You can live code the Synth functions.<\/p>\n<p>A controller could give you your arrays.<\/p>\n<p>There are two levels of live coding. You can create your autonomic functions and the trees created by generating numbers.<\/p>\n<p>You can discover relationships between sound and gesture. The code is kind of incomprehensible but can be out into trees. <\/p>\n<p>Smoothing out parameter space. Small changes can cause static output changes due to non linear ness.<\/p>\n<p>Future work involves smoothing landscapes. He wants some bidirectional feedback.&nbsp; Could code output make new code?<br \/>\nCan this system do anything precise? Could you find a gradual quick sorry&nbsp; algorithm?<\/p>\n<p>Q: is there room for genetic processes via evolution?<br \/>\nA: <\/p>\n<p>Q: how duo you compare two trees? How do make the minimal changes on transition?<br \/>\nA: this may be a good way to smooth a transition<br \/>\nQ: diffmatch patching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coding by weird interfaces. Approximate coding. Take a number generator and turn it into code. Any number generator will work. Use gene expression programming. It&#8217;s fast but not precise. What is the value of code as a medium? How precise does code need to be in a live situation? Is the keyboard the best way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/approximate-programming-by-chris-kiefer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Approximate programming by Chris Kiefer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,59],"class_list":["post-4532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-live-blog","tag-live-code"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4533,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532\/revisions\/4533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}