The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity

Today's computers compose music that sounds'more Bach than Bach', turn photographs into paintings in the style of Van Gogh's Starry Night, and even write screenplays. But are computers truly creative - or are they merely tools to be used by musicians, artists, and writers? Join Arthur I Miller on a tour of creativity in the age of machines, taking us inside the world of artists and computer scientists who are working on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence. We will meet researchers who have, among much else, unleashed an artificial neural network to create a nightmarish, multi-eyed dog-cat; taught AI to imagine; developed a robot that improvises jazz; and scripted and composed the world's first computer-created musical. And we will encounter machines that have defeated grand masters at chess and Go. The great question Arthur will ask is: will machines one day overtake humans completely?