But the program is based on a “memoryless” random process (a “Markov process”) and so its improvisations lack any global structure. The Creativity Code is a lovely reality check on the current world of AI. Its a heady mix of things which humans have been creative about - music, games, maths, painting and language. 'It's easy to come up with novel theorems, but recognizing interesting theorems is a different matter. When two complete opposites meet—one who believes in soul mates and one who doesn’t—will they fall in love despite their differences? Unlike Turing, Du Sautoy is captivated by his original question (can machines be creative?) Even if you know some of the examples, du Sautoy writes very compact so it isn't annoying. He does this by giving a framework for different kinds of creativity and going through some examples of AI and the kinds of creativity that they exhibit. I thought this book underdelivered a bit on the main topic (how AI can or could potentially be "creative"), but there were a lot of neat details about mathematics and history of computing in general. Chess and Go have finite number of possible moves, no matter how ingenious the strategies one came up with; our question should be ‘can AI come up with new games that fascinate humans like Chess and Go’? ', Can an algorithm be creative? Cloud technology gave us that. However, there’s not a huge amount here for those already familiar with modern techniques in AI and the relevant mathematical concepts. 4.How the world's greatest artists approach the task of creating. Starting with what Ada Lovelace said about computing machines and creativity, Marcus du Sautoy goes through the achievements of AI so far, the mathematics that underpins machine learning, and explores the meaning of 'creativity', in order to look at whether computers will ever be able to be truly 'creative'. “Thanks to machine learning, the talents of modern AI exceed many of our previous expectations. This is not in itself an unreasonable claim, but it naively intrudes on a prominent body of psychology that attempts to carefully isolate what function, if any, consciousness fulfils. His analysis goes deep when he forges a rich analogy between the game of Go and mathematical proof. A strength of his analysis is that he manages to find a middle way between hype and anti-hype. For many years we’ve taken solace in the notion that they can’t create. Last week, we were visiting Melbourne, catching up with friends we hadn't seen for two years. The analogy interestingly breaks down because in mathematics, unlike in Go, “valuable” is immeasurably harder to code than “new” or “surprising”. Could a machine ever step into the realm that some consider an essentially human characteristic: creativity? There's a few interesting chapters in there but overall just felt too much off topic and not at all what I wanted to listen to. An AI can work within a domain and imitate its best works but before we consider it capital C Creative, it needs to illuminate paths we can’t see down without it. • The Creativity Code by Marcus du Sautoy is published by 4th Estate (£20). They can navigate more data than a doctor or lawyer and act with greater precision. The book claims to explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will or will not replace human creativity, in poetry, music, and mathematics. However, until they learn to do so consciously and with purpose, they remain creative tools rather than being creative agents themselves. He then replaced that question with his Turing test, before adding that it was “too meaningless to deserve discussion”. I’ve never created anything that didn’t have at least a loose program at its core and the creative people who’ve inspired me most (Karl Gerstner, Muriel Cooper, Christopher Alexander, Bob Dylan...) followed their own formulas. A jazz musician who tested the algorithm is impressed, admitting that “it is years ahead of me, yet everything it plays is unquestionably me”. Its a heady mix of things which humans have been creative about - music, games, maths, painting and language. A wide-ranging study claims that, whether in mathematics or the arts, computers won’t create anything of value unless they acquire consciousness. Really like the way that the author take you on the journey on what we consider creativity , will AI will ever accomplish that, the idea of a AI generating or creating content, paintings, music , books, proofing and creating new theorems etc.. that is consider a unique human endeavor. Du Sautoy presents anecdotal examples of how artificial intelligence is encroaching on intellectual territory on which humans had a monopoly, up to now. But, wow, what a brilliant book! It begins with AlphaGo, an AI program that taught itself to play Go and become the strongest player in the world in very short order. But is this art? ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRIOR DEFINITIONS Two-criteria definitions The “standard definition,” namely, “Creativity requires both originality and effectiveness” (Runco & Jaeger, 2012, p.92) Bruner’s (1962) “effective surprise” (p. 18), or surprising and effective Weisberg’s (2015) “intentional novelty,” or novel and intentional Cf. The Creativity Code is a look at artificial intelligence, how it works, and what it might be able to do. I found his treatment of the evolution of the human practice of mathematics with new technology is most interesting, but it's hard to appreciate the significance of advances in number theory and symmetry groups. 5.How to make creating a consistent habit. Much more so than about AI creativity. Will AI develop human emotional? The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI Marcus du Sautoy Belknap Press, 2019. I would have loved more illustrations on this book as sometimes I could not picture many things in my human brain. To make his question sharp, he proposes a test for machine creativity, “the Lovelace test”: a machine must produce something “new, surprising and valuable”, and do so in such a way that its programmers are unable to explain th. I think du Sautoy spends rather too long emphasising and re-emphasising certain points and could have moved on and made a bit more progress. Welcome back. The Creativity Code is a fact-packed tour d’horizon of current applications of #AI in mathematics and the arts. Thanks to machine learning, the talents of modern AI exceed many of our previous expectations. by 4th Estate - GB. Can a well-programmed machine do anything a human can—only better? The more I read about AI, the more excited and terrified I become. Alan Turing asked: can machines think? and seems to mistrust his own test (the Lovelace test). … Excellent review of recent applications of AI in traditional domains of human creativity. Very well done. 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It is also a conclusion that was available to Du Sautoy from the armchair, before he embarked on his enjoyable, circuitous journey: it turns out he didn’t need AI to reach his destination after all. But, Du Sautoy asks, can computers be creative in today’s age of machine learning? The Creativity Code is a lovely reality check on the current world of AI. Last week, we were visiting, Before I start in on the criticism (there will be criticism), let me say at once that if you're a geek like me you'll find this damn book unputdownable. The principal question: could AI ever truly create something on its own? We’d love your help. Refresh and try again. Can I be considered creative if I follow a formula? But now that algorithms can learn and adapt, does the future of creativity belong to machines, too? It is stuffed full of excellent anecdotes about AI, computer science, mathematics and allied subjects, and if you're the sort of person who wants to know how software can fake a Rembrandt, compose a Bach-style chorale or prove the correctness of the Feit-Thompson theorem then you're going to enjoy it as much as I did.