[hyperpape]

The initial link in this piece, Compression is Compilation, was really helpful to read before reading this piece: http://richg42.blogspot.com/2015/10/compression-is-compilati.... I think I got more out of it than this piece.

[thesz]

And the idea that compression is intelligence also should be mentioned: http://www.hutter1.net/ai/uaibook.htm

[meowface]

Here's an interesting counterargument to this by one of the leading AI researchers (creator of Keras and much more), François Chollet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V-vOXLyKGw