Creativity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence - Prof. Philippe Esling, Key talk at DRMN+15.

DMRN+15 was held in December 2020.

Prof. Philippe Esling- Associate professor and head of the Artificial Creative Intelligence and Data Science (ACIDS) research group at IRCAM

Abstract : Creativity is a deeply debated topic, as this concept is arguably quintessential to our humanity. Across different epochs, it has been infused with an extensive variety of meanings relevant to that era. Along these, the evolution of technology have provided a plurality of novel tools for creative purposes. Recently, the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), through deep learning approaches, have seen proficient successes across various applications. The use of such technologies for creativity appear in a natural continuity to the artistic trend of this century. However, the aura of a technological artefact labeled as intelligent has unleashed passionate and somewhat unhinged debates on its implication for creative endeavors. In this talk, we aim to provide a new perspective on the question of creativity at the era of AI, by blurring the frontier between social and computational sciences. To do so, we rely on reflections from social science studies of creativity to view how current AI would be considered through this lens. As creativity is a highly context-prone concept, we underline the limits and deficiencies of current AI, requiring to move towards artificial creativity. We exemplify our argument with several very recent research works from our team at IRCAM, called Artificial Creative Intelligence and Data Science (ACIDS