Do calculating machines like drawing? And if so, why?
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Claim: calculating machines do not inherently “like” drawing because they only evaluate computable functions, so every visual must be translated into numbers. Early 1960s work proves the point: plotter on real paper and a night console produce machine drawings that get exhibited in 1965 and even auctioned by 40 artists; interactivity uses the light pen interaction and raster issues force algorithms like Bresenham pixels and early ray‑tracing to approximate straight lines, and these systems demonstrably work.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 20:32Ray Tracing
- 31:44The Best Phd Thesis in Computer Science
- 33:10Light Pen
- 46:25The Semiotic Animal
