ESRogs comments on Estimating the kolmogorov complexity of the known laws of physics? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ESRogs 08 July 2013 07:55:40AM 1 point [-]

The demo scene does some pretty amazing things with 4096 bits.

Clicked a couple links and got to this presentation, but I still wasn't able to figure out -- what exactly are they producing that's under 4k? Is it a media file with video and audio (and if so, what format is it in), or is it a small program that in turn produces a larger media file?

Comment author: Strilanc 08 July 2013 08:02:48AM 2 points [-]

They typically produce a program that, when run, plays video and audio in real time after a loading period.

Comment author: ESRogs 08 July 2013 09:18:19AM 0 points [-]

So, I take it the uncompiled source would be what's under 4k, rather than the resulting executable. Is that right?

Comment author: Khoth 08 July 2013 09:25:55AM 5 points [-]

It's the executable size that counts, generally.

Comment author: ESRogs 08 July 2013 08:48:16PM 0 points [-]

Ah, cool. Thanks!