Issues of authenticity in autonomously creative systems

Simon Colton, Alison Pease, Rob Saunders

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Abstract

As the value of computer generated artefacts increases, we need to question how creative software will fit into human culture, both as creative collaborators and autonomously creative entities. We hypothesise that, in certain contexts where creative software has increased or total autonomy, lack of authenticity will be a major limiting factor for creative systems in the arts and possibly elsewhere. After explaining and motivating this hypothesis, we study notions of authenticity in the human context and use this to raise issues of computational authenticity. We propose a number of ways to address these issues, including influencing public perception of creative software, practical approaches to software recording and using its life experiences, and employing alternative methodologies for building creative systems. We believe that identifying, exploring and addressing issues of authenticity will help to maximise the beneficial contributions that autonomously creative software can bring to society.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2018
EditorsFrancois Pachet, Anna Jordanous, Carlos Leon
PublisherAssociation for Computational Creativity (ACC)
Pages272-279
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789895416004
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event9th International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2018 - Salamanca, Spain
Duration: 25 Jun 201829 Jun 2018
https://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2018/

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySalamanca
Period25/06/1829/06/18
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

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