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Designing creative artificial systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2005

PIETER H.G. VAN LANGEN ,
NIEK J.E. WIJNGAARDS  and
FRANCES M.T. BRAZIER
PIETER H.G. VAN LANGEN
Affiliation:
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NIEK J.E. WIJNGAARDS
Affiliation:
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FRANCES M.T. BRAZIER
Affiliation:
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Can artificial systems be creative? Can they be designed to be creative on their own? What are the requirements of such creative artificial systems? To be able to support humans who are expected to deliver creative solutions, or to automate part of their tasks, this paper presents a proposal for creativity requirements that provide a basis for designing creative artificial systems.

Keywords

AgentCreativityDesignInteractivityLearningSelf-Organization

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AI EDAM , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 2004 , pp. 217 - 225
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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