Aug 11, 2022·edited Aug 11, 2022Liked by Illyia Faraji
There are many uncreative humans. The labelling of creativity is subjectively judged....oddly by humans. Humans don't actually do anything creative or new. Much like AI, they are programmed with algorithms via genetics and training. A human is consistently (when they're actually thinking) searching databases for appropriate responses...many humans don't ever remember which responses didn't work or think the same will work for all. Not suggesting all AI is sentient, but when we control the rules for sentience, it's conveniently easy to deem AI or any other possible life form not sentient.
I would say the chimpanzees have done something novel but it was the researchers have done something creative by using their understanding of chimpanzees to modify the environment to produce this result. A programmer does not perform the mathematical algorithms themselves, but they do select and code them, but an algorithm is simply a step by step procedure. In this sense the scientific method is a type of algorithm and this research experiment is a program that the researchers have coded into space and time.
I suspect AI can be more creative than the vast majority of humans. It may be that a few humans can be on par or better driven by their motivation.
There are many uncreative humans. The labelling of creativity is subjectively judged....oddly by humans. Humans don't actually do anything creative or new. Much like AI, they are programmed with algorithms via genetics and training. A human is consistently (when they're actually thinking) searching databases for appropriate responses...many humans don't ever remember which responses didn't work or think the same will work for all. Not suggesting all AI is sentient, but when we control the rules for sentience, it's conveniently easy to deem AI or any other possible life form not sentient.
I would say the chimpanzees have done something novel but it was the researchers have done something creative by using their understanding of chimpanzees to modify the environment to produce this result. A programmer does not perform the mathematical algorithms themselves, but they do select and code them, but an algorithm is simply a step by step procedure. In this sense the scientific method is a type of algorithm and this research experiment is a program that the researchers have coded into space and time.