Can Machines And Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?

We know machines and artificial intelligence (AI) can be many things, but can they ever really be creative? When I interviewed Professor Marcus du Sautoy, the author of The Creativity Code, he shared that the role of AI is a "kind of catalyst to push our human creativity." It's the machine and human collaboration that produces exciting results--novel approaches and combinations that likely wouldn't develop if either were working alone. Can Machines And Artificial Intelligence Be Creative? Instead of thinking about AI as replacing human creativity, it's beneficial to examine ways that AI can be used as a tool to augment human creativity.