Bob Marks on what happens when people try to write creative computer programs

From an interview with World Radio:

It’s actually the computer programmer, which is supplying that creativity.

So that’s where any creativity comes from—any smarter program. Somehow I don’t believe that it will happen.

I also know that people who looked at writing smarter programs using genetic algorithms and evolutionary programming have abandoned their search in large because they’ve tried a bunch of different things and nothing seems to work. They can’t get smarter programs that way.

But I also know people that are very excited about trying other ways. I don’t think they’re going to work, though.

“Can we write creative computer programs?” at Mind Matters News

It seems that the programmer would have to make the computer smarter than he is, which means smarter than itself. That’s a challenge.

Computer engineer Robert J. Marks is one of the authors of Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics. He will also be addressing these topics at the COSM technology summit, October 23–25, 2019, in Bellevue, Washington.

See also: Some of Marks’s takes on recent AI news items:

Random thoughts on recent AI headlines: Google gives away “free” cookies… Also, why AI can’t predict the stock market or deal with windblown plastic bags

Random thoughts on recent AI headlines (March 18, 2019): There is usually a story under those layers of hype but not always the one you thought

and

Top Ten AI hypes of 2018: More help, less hype, please!

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