The Case for Concise Computational Creativity Systems
In formalizing the notion of creativity – defining that concept so that it can be dealt with in the context of computing – researchers have sought to develop the most concise possible definition that captures the essence of creativity. But in building computational creativity systems, these same res...
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| description | In formalizing the notion of creativity – defining that concept so that it can be dealt with in the context of computing – researchers have sought to develop the most concise possible definition that captures the essence of creativity. But in building computational creativity systems, these same researchers are content to develop extremely elaborate and complex systems that implement a cornucopia of different ideas and approaches, or perhaps implement single ideas that are themselves very complex. Using examples from the literary arts, I argue that it is helpful to write very small programs that model specific techniques in different domains of creativity. These programs can then
be used to identify how those specific techniques contribute to creativity, serving as the foundation for further work. By aiming for brevity and developing small, elegant systems, researchers can explore new aesthetic territory and better relate their results to the particular ways in which their
systems operate. Keywords: constraint, brevity, modeling, domain-specific techniques, story generation, poetry generation |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1166592024-06-14T18:39:23Z The Case for Concise Computational Creativity Systems Montfort, Nick Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing Montfort, Nick Montfort, Nicholas A In formalizing the notion of creativity – defining that concept so that it can be dealt with in the context of computing – researchers have sought to develop the most concise possible definition that captures the essence of creativity. But in building computational creativity systems, these same researchers are content to develop extremely elaborate and complex systems that implement a cornucopia of different ideas and approaches, or perhaps implement single ideas that are themselves very complex. Using examples from the literary arts, I argue that it is helpful to write very small programs that model specific techniques in different domains of creativity. These programs can then be used to identify how those specific techniques contribute to creativity, serving as the foundation for further work. By aiming for brevity and developing small, elegant systems, researchers can explore new aesthetic territory and better relate their results to the particular ways in which their systems operate. Keywords: constraint, brevity, modeling, domain-specific techniques, story generation, poetry generation 2018-06-27T15:09:38Z 2018-06-27T15:09:38Z 2015 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/BookItem 9786077442820 6077442828 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116659 Mantfort, Nick. "The Case for Concise Computational Creativity Systems." Creatividad Computational. Edited by Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Grupo Editorial Patria, 2015. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7558-5160 en_US Creatividad Computational Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Grupo Editorial Patria Montfort |
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