The Nature of Code

“You can’t process me with a normal brain.” — Charlie Sheen We’re at the end of our story. This is the last official chapter of this book (though I envision additional supplemental material for the website and perhaps new chapters in the future). We began with inanimate objects living in a world of forces and gave those objects desires, autonomy, and the ability to take action according to a system of rules. Next, we allowed those objects to live in a population and evolve over time. The human brain can be described as a biological neural network—an interconnected web of neurons transmitting elaborate patterns of electrical signals. Figure 10.1 The good news is that developing engaging animated systems with code does not require scientific rigor or accuracy, as we’ve learned throughout this book. 10.1 Artificial Neural Networks: Introduction and Application Computer scientists have long been inspired by the human brain. Figure 10.2 Reinforcement Learning —A strategy built on observation.

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