BBC News SCI/TECH Can computers be creative?

Creativity is one of those things which makes humans so special. But could there ever be a day when computers are composers, theoretical physicists, or artists? There are already a number of projects in artificial intelligence that try to recreate creativity in computers. Harold Cohen has spent his whole career designing a program called Aaron which creates original works of art. "We've barely scratched the surface of machine intelligence," says Mr Cohen.