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by cinntaile 788 days ago
> Perhaps the reverse is more interesting - programmers accidentally wrote a language that could treat real world abstract art as valid input.

Isn't that what happened here?

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That’s what I’m saying.

I.e. that “programmers accidentally wrote a language that could treat real world abstract art as valid input” - and to me it’s more interesting than what grand-grandparent is describing.

Not just valid, but does a not-nonsense task.

I think in this case, there is a coincidence on both sides? Like, the language or the painting could have been different such that the painting would run, but what it would do wouldn't be a recognizable task.

Was it an accident though? Seems like they were targeting the same style of art so of course some would become valid input