Can AI think creatively?
Machine learning is no longer limited to calculating permutations
Several years ago, while I was sharing a taxi with an eminent astrophysicist we fell to discussing the future of AI. It was, he said, going to make most occupations redundant. Doctors, teachers, you name it.
‘And yours too, then?’ I asked.
No, he replied – an AI system wouldn’t have the creativity needed for scientific research. I suspect he knew it was special pleading, and we both laughed.