Artificial intelligence and creativity: an interdisciplinary approach (Q1892309)

The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually. Creativity is one of the least understood aspects of intelligence and is often seen as `intuitive' and not susceptible to rational enquire. Recently, however, there has been as resurgence of interest in the area, principally in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, but also in psychology, philosophy, computer science, logic, mathematics, sociology and architecture and design. This volume brings this work together and provides an overview of this rapidly developing field. It addresses a range of issues. Can computers be creative? Can they help us to understand human creativity? How can AI contribute to the `sciences of the artificial', such as Design, and how can it enhance human creativity in general? Does the new wave of AI (connectionism, geneticism and artificial life) offer more promise in these areas than classical, symbol-handling AI? What would the implications be for AI and cognitive science if computers could not be creative? These issues are explored in five interrelated Parts, each of which is introduced and explained by a leading figure in the field.