The Creative Computer as Romantic Hero? Computational Creativity Systems and Creative Personæ
Colin G. Johnson · Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) · 2012
A popular definition of computational creativity is that it consists in behaviour that would be regarded as creative if performed by humans. This raises the question of which humans, as there are many different styles of human creative behaviour. This paper unpacks a number of ways in which human artistic creativity can be characterised, compares them with the kinds of creative actions found in computational creativity, and explores some aspects of human creativity that are underrepresented in computational creativity systems.