Towards a Formal Creativity Theory: Preliminary results in Novelty and Transformativeness

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Autores principales: Santo, Luís Espírito, Wiggins, Geraint, Cardoso, Amílcar
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author Santo, Luís Espírito
Wiggins, Geraint
Cardoso, Amílcar
author_facet Santo, Luís Espírito
Wiggins, Geraint
Cardoso, Amílcar
contents Formalizing creativity-related concepts has been a long-term goal of Computational Creativity. To the same end, we explore Formal Learning Theory in the context of creativity. We provide an introduction to the main concepts of this framework and a re-interpretation of terms commonly found in creativity discussions, proposing formal definitions for novelty and transformational creativity. This formalisation marks the beginning of a research branch we call Formal Creativity Theory, exploring how learning can be included as preparation for exploratory behaviour and how learning is a key part of transformational creative behaviour. By employing these definitions, we argue that, while novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient for transformational creativity in general, when using an inspiring set, rather than a sequence of experiences, an agent actually requires novelty for transformational creativity to occur.
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spellingShingle Towards a Formal Creativity Theory: Preliminary results in Novelty and Transformativeness
Santo, Luís Espírito
Wiggins, Geraint
Cardoso, Amílcar
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Formalizing creativity-related concepts has been a long-term goal of Computational Creativity. To the same end, we explore Formal Learning Theory in the context of creativity. We provide an introduction to the main concepts of this framework and a re-interpretation of terms commonly found in creativity discussions, proposing formal definitions for novelty and transformational creativity. This formalisation marks the beginning of a research branch we call Formal Creativity Theory, exploring how learning can be included as preparation for exploratory behaviour and how learning is a key part of transformational creative behaviour. By employing these definitions, we argue that, while novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient for transformational creativity in general, when using an inspiring set, rather than a sequence of experiences, an agent actually requires novelty for transformational creativity to occur.
title Towards a Formal Creativity Theory: Preliminary results in Novelty and Transformativeness
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02148