How Creative Is AI?

Copyright, creativity, and AI

Jon Ippolito

Professor of New Media
Director, Digital Curation graduate program
The University of Maine
LearnWithAI.org

🐦/🧵 @jonippolito 🐘 @jonippolito@digipres.club 🦋 @jonippolito.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonippolito

Is generative AI creative?

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AI and Creativity

Generative AI creates by averaging

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Angelo Ippolito, Berkeley #37, collage
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George Legrady, AI-generated collages
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GPT-4 demo
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Creativity v. trust

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Sample demos of GPT-4

Write a Lesson Plan
Generate Multiple Choice Questions
Edit prose according to a standard
Act as a Socratic Tutor
Debug Code (Simple Syntax)
Debug Code (Simple Logic)
Conduct a Mock Interview
Analyze Reports and Visualize Data
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