Beyond mimicry: Can AI exhibit creativity?

Send us Fan MailThe question was posed by a team of creativity researchers as the AI revolution of 2023-4 was in full swing. AI was setting new questions about the nature of work, and the capacity of computers to replace humans Ref Marrone, R., Cropley, D., & Medeiros, K. (2024). How Does Narrow AI Impact Human Creativity? Creativity Research Journal, 1–11. Writing in a leading creativity research journal, they pose their research question as ‘How Does Narrow AI Impact Human Creativity?’To carry out their study the researchers first address the issues of defining creativity and AI.Their examination of attempts to define creativity draw on the research outlined in this chapter.They summarise the definition issue as having been ‘dogged by definitional confusion’ particularly among ‘non experts’, including work in the emerging field of computational creativity.Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email [email protected] to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedeserve.wordpress.com