Could a created being ever be creative? Some philosophical remarks on creativity and AI development

Y. J. Erden

doi:10.1007/s11023-010-9202-2

Could a created being ever be creative? Some philosophical remarks on creativity and AI development

Y. J. Erden

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Creativity has a special role in enabling humans to develop beyond the fulfilment of simple primary functions. This factor is significant for Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers who take replication to be the primary goal, since moves toward creating autonomous artificial-beings beg questions about their potential for creativity. Using Wittgenstein's remarks on rule-following and language-games, I argue that although some AI programs appear creative, to call these programmed acts creative in our terms is to misunderstand the use of this word in language. I conclude that replication is not the best way forward for AI development in matters of creativity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-362
Number of pages	14
Journal	Minds and machines
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-010-9202-2
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	AISB 2008 Convention: Communication, Interaction and Social Intelligence - Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Apr 2008 → 4 Apr 2008 http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/index.html

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AI
Creativity
Language-games
Philosophy
Rule-following
Wittgenstein
n/a OA procedure

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