<s>
AARON	B-Language
is	O
the	O
collective	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
written	O
by	O
artist	O
Harold	O
Cohen	O
that	O
create	O
original	O
artistic	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
AARON	B-Language
was	O
in	O
development	O
between	O
1972	O
and	O
the	O
2010s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
AARON	B-Language
"	O
does	O
not	O
seem	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
acronym	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
name	O
chosen	O
to	O
start	O
with	O
the	O
letter	O
"	O
A	O
"	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
successive	O
programs	O
could	O
follow	O
it	O
alphabetically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
versions	O
of	O
AARON	B-Language
created	O
abstract	O
drawings	O
that	O
grew	O
more	O
complex	O
through	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AARON	B-Language
returned	O
to	O
more	O
abstract	O
imagery	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
in	O
color	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cohen	O
used	O
machines	O
that	O
allowed	O
AARON	B-Language
to	O
produce	O
physical	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
Cohen	O
built	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
digital	O
painting	O
machines	O
to	O
output	O
AARON	B-Language
's	O
images	O
in	O
ink	O
and	O
fabric	O
dye	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
AARON	B-Language
began	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
then	O
switched	O
to	O
Lisp	B-Language
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cohen	O
credits	O
Lisp	B-Language
with	O
helping	O
him	O
solve	O
the	O
challenges	O
he	O
faced	O
in	O
adding	O
color	O
capabilities	O
to	O
AARON	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
about	O
Cohen	O
appeared	O
in	O
Computer	O
Answers	O
that	O
describes	O
AARON	B-Language
and	O
shows	O
two	O
line	O
drawings	O
that	O
were	O
exhibited	O
at	O
the	O
Tate	O
gallery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
workings	O
of	O
AARON	B-Language
,	O
then	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
DEC	O
VAX	O
750	O
minicomputer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raymond	O
Kurzweil	O
's	O
company	O
has	O
produced	O
a	O
downloadable	O
screensaver	B-General_Concept
of	O
AARON	B-Language
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
AARON	B-Language
can	O
also	O
produce	O
printable	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AARON	B-Language
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
not	O
publicly	O
available	O
,	O
but	O
Cohen	O
has	O
described	O
AARON	B-Language
's	O
operations	O
in	O
various	O
essays	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
discussed	O
in	O
abstract	O
in	O
Pamela	O
McCorduck	O
's	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AARON	B-Language
cannot	O
learn	O
new	O
styles	O
or	O
imagery	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
;	O
each	O
new	O
capability	O
must	O
be	O
hand-coded	O
by	O
Cohen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AARON	B-Language
's	O
artwork	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
artistic	O
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
Turing	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
seem	O
however	O
that	O
AARON	B-Language
's	O
output	O
follows	O
a	O
noticeable	O
formula	O
(	O
figures	O
standing	O
next	O
to	O
a	O
potted	O
plant	O
,	O
framed	O
within	O
a	O
colored	O
square	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
theme	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cohen	O
is	O
very	O
careful	O
not	O
to	O
claim	O
that	O
AARON	B-Language
is	O
creative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
he	O
does	O
ask	O
"	O
If	O
what	O
AARON	B-Language
is	O
making	O
is	O
not	O
art	O
,	O
what	O
is	O
it	O
exactly	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
what	O
ways	O
,	O
other	O
than	O
its	O
origin	O
,	O
does	O
it	O
differ	O
from	O
the	O
'	O
real	O
thing	O
?	O
'	O
</s>
