Core Concepts
Assembly Theory is a weak version of algorithmic complexity based on LZ compression, subsumed by statistical compression methods.
Stats
"The assembly index, as proposed, seeks to gauge the complexity of an object based on the number of steps in its shortest copy-counting assembly pathway."
"The assembly index shares three key elements of entropy defined by Shannon himself."
"The assembly index is fundamentally underpinned by the LZ encoding of the objects it measures."
Quotes
"Assembly Theory is a weak version of algorithmic complexity."
"Assembly Theory and its assembly index represent a considerably constrained version of compression algorithms."