Someday, Robot Artists May Have to Explain Their Creations to Us | Artificial Intelligence - Futurism

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Physicist Arthur Miller predicts creative machines, sentient AI, and the future of art, explains Dan Robitzski, Writer.

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Someday, artificial intelligence could become so advanced that it gains the ability to think creatively — and, perhaps, so vastly surpasses humanity’s artistic abilities that it would have to explain its creations to our squishy, primitive brains.

At least, that’s one of the predictions that physicist, philosopher, and creativity scholar Arthur Miller makes in his new book, “The Artist in the Machine.” The book, released last month, details how machines are starting to demonstrate creativity, from learning to improvise music to pulling together insights from seemingly unrelated fields of research — and suggests how the trend might continue.

Futurism caught up with Miller to chat about his book and his thoughts on art and the future of creativity. While some of the technology Miller describes, like artificial general intelligence, is probably hiding in the distant future, he argues that today’s technology may be more creative than most assume.
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