Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts

Flaminia Cavello; Alison Pease; Jeremy Gow; Simon Colton

Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts

Flaminia Cavello, Alison Pease, Jeremy Gow, Simon Colton

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Abstract

We introduce a novel method for the formation of fictional concepts based on the non-existence conjectures made by the HR automated theory formation system. We further introduce the notion of the typicality of an example with respect to a concept into HR, which leads to methods for ordering fictional concepts with respect to novelty, vagueness and stimulation. To test whether these measures are correlated with the way in which people similarly assess the value of fictional concepts, we ran an experiment to produce thousands of definitions of fictional animals. We then compared the software’s
evaluations of the non-fictional concepts with those obtained through a survey consulting sixty people. The results show that two of the three measures have a correlation with human notions. We report on the experiment, and we compare
our system with the well established method of conceptual blending, which leads to a discussion of automated ideation in future Computational Creativity projects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013
Subtitle of host publication	ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia
Editors	Mary Lou Maher, Tony Veale, Rob Saunders, Oliver Brown
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Pages	176-183
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-74210-317-4
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Fourth International Conference on Computational Creativity - University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning., Sydney, Australia Duration: 12 Jun 2013 → 14 Jun 2013 http://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2013/

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Conference	Fourth International Conference on Computational Creativity
Abbreviated title	ICCC 2013
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	12/06/13 → 14/06/13
Internet address	http://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2013/

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Cavello, F., Pease, A., Gow, J., & Colton, S. (2013). Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts. In M. L. Maher, T. Veale, R. Saunders, & O. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013: ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia (pp. 176-183). University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. http://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2013/accepted-papers/

Cavello, Flaminia ; Pease, Alison ; Gow, Jeremy et al. / Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts. Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013: ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia. editor / Mary Lou Maher ; Tony Veale ; Rob Saunders ; Oliver Brown. Sydney : University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, 2013. pp. 176-183

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Cavello, F, Pease, A, Gow, J & Colton, S 2013, Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts. in ML Maher, T Veale, R Saunders & O Brown (eds), Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013: ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia. University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, Sydney, pp. 176-183, Fourth International Conference on Computational Creativity, Sydney, Australia, 12/06/13. <http://www.computationalcreativity.net/iccc2013/accepted-papers/>

Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts. / Cavello, Flaminia; Pease, Alison; Gow, Jeremy et al.
Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013: ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia. ed. / Mary Lou Maher; Tony Veale; Rob Saunders; Oliver Brown. Sydney: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, 2013. p. 176-183.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Cavello F, Pease A, Gow J, Colton S. Using theory formation techniques for the invention of fictional concepts. In Maher ML, Veale T, Saunders R, Brown O, editors, Proceedings of the fourth international conference on computational creativity, 2013: ICCC 2013 Sydney Australia. Sydney: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. 2013. p. 176-183

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