Complex patterns or behavior arising from many simple parts following simple rules, as with flocks, ant colonies or the Game of Life. It is a central idea of generative art.
Whereas on the other side, the deterministic algorithm, as a generative or a code-based artist, every now and then you'll see an output and you're like, oh, crap, I did not expect that. We call that emergence, I guess, some say.
Erick Calderon, Infinite Images: Erick Calderon, Sofia Crespo, Tyler Hobbs