Session 2 · AI Art Crafting · Lesson 03
Inputs, Rules, and Feedback
Every interpretive system reduces to one loop: inputs pass through rules into outputs, and feedback carries outputs back to the start. Watch for emergent behavior.
Concept
- The core diagram: Inputs → Rules/System → Outputs/Behavior, with feedback returning.
- Five system types: archive-driven, rule-based translation, feedback-driven, time-based, participatory.
- Emergence is observed, not designed.
What is the smallest complete loop your idea needs?
Slides
- 07
Instructor Demonstration
- Building a simple interpretive system live
- Defining inputs and rules
- Introducing feedback or iteration
- Observing emergent behavior
- 08
Moral Foundations Theory
- A framework for how core moral dimensions shape beliefs, reactions, and values — an example rule-set for an interpretive system
- Care — cherishing and protecting others; opposite of harm
- Fairness — rendering justice according to shared rules; opposite of cheating
- Loyalty — standing with your group, family, nation; opposite of betrayal
- Authority — submitting to tradition and legitimate hierarchy; opposite of subversion
- Sanctity — abhorrence for disgusting things, foods, actions; opposite of degradation
- Liberty — resentment of any domination or oppression
From the deck · slide 08 - 09
Types of Interpretive Systems
- Archive-driven systems
- Rule-based translation systems
- Feedback-driven systems
- Time-based systems
- Participatory systems
Student activity
15:00
- 01Sketch your system as one loop: input, rule, output, feedback.
System builder
Input
image
Interpretation
describe
Rule
define the rule
Output
observe what emerges
Feedback
feedback loop × 3
Output returns to input — next iteration until the stopping condition is met