MLStreetTalk: AI creates novelty but true transformative creativity remains out of reach
burny_tech · x · 2026-11-14
Responding to a viral take, MLStreetTalk argues the claim is crudely stated but partially right: AI demonstrably creates novelty in well-specified, machine-checkable domains (e.g. recent AI mathematics results), but novelty isn't creativity. Interesting creative work requires deeply respecting domain constraints. Citing Margaret Boden, he argues AI has achieved 'weak creativity' but not transformative creativity, and generalizing from math results to stronger creativity is a fallacious argument.
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