A Theoretical Fugue on Computational Creativity in the Style of GEB

Abstract

This work is a meta-level investigation of how creativity has, could, and perhaps should play out in computation systems. I apply existing models from computational creativity theory to programs that strive for creative generation and their outputs in order to identify potential aspects of creativity that have not been addressed in current computational creativity theory. I examine both work created by others and by myself—in order to understand difficulties and considerations in computational creativity. Further, I will find other questions to ask in the development of computational creativity theory while situating computational creativity within philosophical and media theoretical histories of inquiry. This research is guided by an understanding that there may be no direct answers reached, but that asking the right questions may lead to more fruitful work.