"Computer creativity is a matter of agency"

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Computer programs are generating artworks of astonishing novelty and aesthetic value. By the standard definition of creativity, these programs would count as being creative. But if you still hesitate to call a program creative, that's for good reason, we argue. It's because real creativity requires AGENTS who are responsible for what they make, and it's not at all clear that these programs are agents. (The title was imposed by the editor. It was supposed to be called, "ARE COMPUTERS CREATIVE?")

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Dustin Stokes
University of Utah
Elliot Samuel Paul
Queen's University

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Creativity.Elliot Samuel Paul & Dustin Stokes - 2023 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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