Is AI creative?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

What is the relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence? Creativity feels innately human, but is it? Can a machine be creative? Are we still being creative if we use machines to assist in our creative output?

To help answer those questions, Sean speaks with Meghan O'Gieblyn, the author of the book "God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning." She and Sean discuss how the rise of AI is forcing us to reflect on what it means to be a creative being and whether our relationship to the written word has already been changed forever.


This is the first conversation in our three shows in three days three-part series about creativity.


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)

Guest: Meghan O'Gieblyn (https://www.meghanogieblyn.com/)


References:

God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'Gieblyn (Anchor; 2021)

Being human in the age of AI. The Gray Area. (Vox Media; 2023) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-human-in-the-age-of-ai/id1081584611?i=1000612148857


Support The Gray Area by becoming a Vox Member: https://www.vox.com/support-now

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What is the relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence? Creativity feels innately human, but is it? Can a machine be creative? Are we still being creative if we use machines to assist in our creative output?

To help answer those questions, Sean speaks with Meghan O'Gieblyn, the author of the book "God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning." She and Sean discuss how the rise of AI is forcing us to reflect on what it means to be a creative being and whether our relationship to the written word has already been changed forever.


This is the first conversation in our three shows in three days three-part series about creativity.


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)

Guest: Meghan O'Gieblyn (https://www.meghanogieblyn.com/)


References:

God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'Gieblyn (Anchor; 2021)

Being human in the age of AI. The Gray Area. (Vox Media; 2023) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-human-in-the-age-of-ai/id1081584611?i=1000612148857


Support The Gray Area by becoming a Vox Member: https://www.vox.com/support-now

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2024-10-07 41 min
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