Memes
A meme is a tag that artists apply to programs and instruments in order to guide the choices that XJ makes.
XJ factors in the memes it sees in order to make choices about which programs and instruments will be included in a Segment.
Pick a Marble from the Bag
In order to make random choices based on weighted options, XJ uses a stochastic mechanism called a Marble Bag.
![Pick a Marble from the Bag](pick-a-marble-from-the-bag.png)
XJ’s marble bag is actually divided into phases. When a marble is put into the bag, it is assigned a phase. For example, if the phase 1 bag contains any marbles, we will pick from only the phase 1 bag and skip phases 2 and beyond. This supports functionality such as “XJ always chooses a directly-bound program or instrument when available”
Meme Type | Example | When meme matches |
---|---|---|
Regular Meme | PEACHES | Increase likelihood to choose content that matches regular memes XJ has already chosen for the segment. |
Anti-Meme aka Not-Meme | !PEACHES | Do not choose this content, if we have already chosen content with the corresponding regular meme. If XJ has already chosen content for the segment having anti-meme !PEACHES , then XJ will not choose content having regular meme PEACHES |
Unique-Meme aka Solo-Meme | $PEACHES | Do not choose this content, if we have already chosen content with this unique-meme. If XJ has already chosen content for the segment having unique-meme $PEACHES , then XJ will not choose any other content having this same unique-meme. |
Number-Meme | 5PEACHES | Do not choose this content, if we have already chosen content with a different number of the same meme. If XJ has already chosen content for the segment having number-meme 5PEACHES , then XJ will not choose content with number-meme 7PEACHES . |
Strong-Meme | PEACHES! | Only choose content if we have already chosen content with the corresponding regular meme. Only if XJ has already chosen content for the segment having regular meme PEACHES will XJ consider choosing content with strong meme PEACHES! |
A set of memes is referred to as a meme theorem (a.k.a. meme stack) and a meme theorem is valid if all the memes
in the set are compatible. For example, the set of (PEACHES
,!PEACHES
) is invalid because you cannot simultaneously allow
and deny PEACHES
. As XJ crafts a segment, it adds content one at a time. First a Macro-type program, then a Main-type
program, then a Beat-type program, then Instruments and other programs. As each piece of content is added, XJ checks the
memes associated with that content and adds these memes to the segment. If the memes of a new piece of content would
create an invalid theorem when added to the segment, XJ will not add that content at all. Ultimately, the memes of any
given segment should add up to a valid theorem.
Note: Strong memes are not added to the stack.
Meme Taxonomy
A template configuration has a field called memeTaxonomy
which defines the taxonomy of memes.
For example, this might look like
memeTaxonomy = [
{"memes":["RED","GREEN","BLUE"],"name":"COLOR"},
{"memes":["WINTER","SPRING","SUMMER","FALL"],"name":"SEASON"}
]
That would tell XJ about the existence of a meme category called COLOR
with values RED
, GREEN
, and BLUE
, and a meme category called SEASON
with values WINTER
, SPRING
, SUMMER
, and FALL
.
For example, after content having RED
is chosen, we can choose nothing with GREEN
or BLUE
.
*NOTE: Use a semicolon to separate the categories. Each category has a comma-separated list of memes.