25 May 2018 - machine creativity

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Creativity has two parts, inventing ideas which might be good, and recognizing the ones that actually are good. Humans often show one or the other ability without both. Machines are different. If you have a computer program that can recognize good stuff, then you can use it to create another program that makes good stuff. How long do you think it will be before humans despair and give up on art?

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