Dynamic Sequences 55-70

In the beginning of this section, he discusses how it is difficult to state the rules of some of the sequences, especially when there is a dynamic growth or 'moving parts'. The idea of having dynamic parts in the explanation of how a sequence works really makes me think of how extremely complex and confusing some of these rules can get. He then goes on to say that he will not use computers to represent the rules of the sequence. Hofstadter gives his reasoning for this in this next quote, "...the more carefully I thought about the challenge of making variations on a theme, the more deeply I realized that computer programs are extremely inflexible entities...".

He then discusses analogies and their importance. he believes that analogy-making is the heart pattern perception, and that it would follow that analogy-making is the heart of intellgence. I would draw from this that perhaps a program that could make analogous relationships between numbers may have some intelligence. It doesn't seem impossible to make a computer program that could do such a thing, maybe one already got made somewhere, who knows?