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There is a meteor falling towards a large lake. At first, its reflection in the lake is very small. At first, it has no shadow at all. Next, its shadow becomes very large and mild. Gradually, at first, and then very quickly, the shadow shrinks, becomes darker. The reflection, too, shrinks. At last, the shadow, the reflection, and the meteor all meet — their proportions by now roughly the same, the mappings between their representations more straightforward than ever, and then there is a splash.
There has been no form automated, so far, that was not already the stuff of an artificial intelligence. This is not some sort of... (read 1165 more words →)