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event:lecture-to-stanford-computer-science-departmentLecture to Stanford Computer Science Department
The original lecture that formed the basis of this chapter; after the lecture, computer scientists suggested 'evolutionary adaptation' as a name for generated structures, missing the central point.
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- Stanford University Computer Science Departmentaffiliated_withVenue where Alexander first presented the lecture that became this chapter; audience included computer scientists.
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- Chapter 6: Generated StructurementionsThe chapter contrasts generated structures (complex, adapted, alive) with fabricated structures (designed, dead, full of mistakes), and argues that only generated structures can achieve deep complexity and avoid costly mistakes.