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    "pk": 31722,
    "title": "Apparent Computational Complexity in Physical Systems",
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    "abstract": "Many researchers in AI and Cognitive Science believe\nthat the information processing complexity of a mecha-\nnism is reflected in the complexity of a description of its\nbehavior. In this paper, w e distinguish two types of com-\nplexity and demonstrate that neither one can be an\nobjective property of the underlying physical system. A\nshift in the method or granularity of observation can\ncause a system's behavioral description to change in\nboth the number of apparent states and the complexity\nclass. These examples demonstrate h o w the act of obser-\nvation itself can suggest frivolous explanations of physi-\ncal phenomena, up to and including computation.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Submitted Presentations",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name": "F.",
            "last_name": "Kolen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "The Ohio State University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Jordan",
            "middle_name": "B.",
            "last_name": "Pollack",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "The Ohio State University",
            "department": ""
        }
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "1993-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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