Historical context & research account
Boids simulates collective motion using local rules such as separation, alignment and cohesion. Its influence extends across animation, artificial life and generative art. The system shows how visual complexity can emerge from distributed rules rather than from a central designer specifying the behavior of the whole.
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Date displayed for this node：1987 · Date recorded in the research master：1987
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AI Art Genealogy Research Master · p. 12 · 031
Date as recorded: 1987
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Boids. Art-history node #031. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/031
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