Demonstrated intelligence in artifacts

What happened here?

TORC evaluates what cognitive operation an artifact actually performs — and how much structured cognition it demonstrates in performing it.

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Selected artifacts

The Canon

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Philosophy · 1781

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant
[GΩ] | [942]
Screenplay · —

Camera Obscura

—
[G] | [878]
Literature · 1962

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov
[3B] | [877]
The governing distinction

Prestige is not an evaluator. Difficulty is not an evaluator. Complexity is not an evaluator. TORC asks what operation has actually been demonstrated.