# Aaron: AI Art Generator from 1973

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> Harold Cohen AARON - computer art — Kate Vass Galerie.  
> Harold Cohen (1928 – 2016) explored AI and art for nearly 50 years before we saw the rising popularity of these new machine learning tools. In those five decades, Cohen worked on a single program called Aaron that involved teaching a robot to create drawings. Aaron’s education took a similar pa

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> **[Harold Cohen AARON - computer art — Kate Vass Galerie](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/blog/harold-cohen-aaron-computer-art)**
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> Harold Cohen (1928 – 2016) explored AI and art for nearly 50 years before we saw the rising popularity of these new machine learning tools. In those five decades, Cohen worked on a single program called Aaron that involved teaching a robot to...

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Ah yes.

One may admire an example of Aaron’s artwork on this book

**Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence** by Paul R. Cohen in 1995 (not 2017 as the MIT Press suggests; also 65 USD for the paperback is kinda solid)

The book is an introduction to statistical thinking and analysis to help in deciding whether your newly invented AI algorithm is actually any good.

The book cover flap says:

> “Meryl” is a line drawing generated by AARON, an autonomous art-making program written by Harold Cohen. Painting by Harold Cohen. Photo (c) by Becky Cohen. Courtesy of Robert and Deborah Henderl.

> **[Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262534178/empirical-methods-for-artificial-intelligence/)**
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> This book presents empirical methods for studying complex computer programs: exploratory tools to help find patterns in data, experiment designs and hypothes...