How creative expression can make AI more human?
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The classically inspired portrait seen here was not created by human hand, but rather a painting-generating algorithm trained by a collective of French artists who go by the name of Obvious. Machines today make it possible to paint pictures, compose music, invent recipes, and write scripts without human intervention. The new artistic ability of artificial intelligence (AI), therefore, calls the very concept of creativity into question. So, to what extent can AI technology display its creativity?
To find some answers, we spoke with Pierre Fautrel, artist and co-founder of Obvious, shortly after his talk at last year’s talent-development festival L’Echappée Volée (which has now merged with the Boma France Festival), and took a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process with Emilien Dereclenne, a PhD student in cognitive science and AI, baroque musician, and entrepreneur.