Reading list on novelty search: from the 1969 'Creative Porpoise' paper to Stanley & Lehman
dioscuri · x · 2026-11-12
Following the novelty-reinforcement discussion, Henry (@dioscuri) recommends: the original paper Pryor, Haag & O'Reilly (1969) "The Creative Porpoise" (free on PMC), Pryor's "Don't Shoot the Dog" for the mind, and Stanley & Lehman's "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" for the LLM/novelty search angle.
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