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Computer Models of Creativity

Margaret A. Boden
- 07 Jul 2009 - 
- Vol. 30, Iss: 3, pp 23-34
TLDR
The authors have the beginnings of a scientific understanding of creativity, an aspect of normal human intelligence not a special faculty granted to a tiny elite, and AI techniques underlie various types of computer art.
Abstract
Creativity isn’t magical. It’s an aspect of normal human intelligence, not a special faculty granted to a tiny elite. There are three forms: combinational, exploratory, and transformational. All three can be modeled by AI—in some cases, with impressive results. AI techniques underlie various types of computer art. Whether computers could “really” be creative isn’t a scientific question but a philosophical one, to which there’s no clear answer. But we do have the beginnings of a scientific understanding of creativity.

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