(FTB stderr) – Marcus Ranum:
A fairly common statement regarding AI goes something like: “AI cannot be creative; all they do is re-mix existing stuff probabalistically.”
I characterize that as “The Human Supremacist” position, because it’s implying that there is some sort of “true creativity” which only humans are capable of. There are a lot of problems with that position, which I will attempt to explore, herein. After that, I will describe some of my thoughts on how I experience the creative act, and compare it with how AIs implement creativity. …
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