Human Creativity and AI Creation

My thoughts about what it means to be creative, and why I believe AI falls short

What Does Creativity Mean to You?

My goal designing these posters was to compare and contrast my understanding of the human and AI creation process with simple analogies of where humans enjoy expressing their creativity. I chose art and music because I find myself observing a huge range of emotions when consuming art and music (though I personally struggle to be creative in these areas). I also chose cooking, as I feel able to express myself creatively through playing around with recipes (the gratification being instantly consumable is also quite satisfying).

Through the visualizations below, I hope to encourage readers to consider and contemplate my position in the AI creativity debate: similar to philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly, I believe that while AI can create and be a tool for creation, it cannot be truly creative and evoke a sense of true wonder and emotion.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Prof. Annette Zimmermann and students from their excellent Philos 543 course at UW-Madison (Fall ‘24) for thought provoking conversations about the ethics of AI and creativity. Also thanks to Harshali Paralikar for discussions about what creativity means to her, and help designing these posters!