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AI hallucinations are the opposite of creativity. They give the most obvious wrong answer possible. For example, ask an AI about an unknown basketball player, i

by GuB-42 3y ago

AI hallucinations are the opposite of creativity. They give the most obvious wrong answer possible. For example, ask an AI about an unknown basketball player, it will probably describe it at fit and tall, because that's how we expect basketball players to be. That may be a good observation, but certainly not creativity. If instead it told the story of someone short and obese, with details on how he got to play basketball, that would be creative. Of course, you can ask an AI to tell the story of a short and obese basketball player, and it will tell you a likely story for such a player, but again that's not creativity, it is just the AI filling the blanks based on whatever similar stories it had in its training set.

colanderman 3y ago
This is what the temperature parameter controls. Increase it for less probable (arguably more creative) output.
- ThrustVectoring 3y ago
  Randomness alone isn't creative. Creativity is the marriage of the improbable and the valuable. Without novel insight into the valuable outer reaches of concept-space, you're not going to generate creative outputs.
kzrdude 3y ago
Creating doesn't mean having to maxmize entropy either. Lots of good stories keep very close to the "obivous" or the well-known.
chrisco255 3y ago
Right, this is also why we don't see breakthroughs in science or literature from AI.
- ttoinou 3y ago
  How do you recognize a breakthrough in literature ?
  - chrisco255 3y ago
    When it moves people in a meaningful way, when it explores a new style or narrative that has not been traversed before. As of now, AI struggles to create long form cohesive narratives altogether.
- gaganyaan 3y ago
  Yet. We're in the infancy of the current approach, and hardware is getting better all the time. Let's see what happens when it grows up.
tornato7 3y ago
Is creativity something innate in humans, or can it be learned? I would argue that if a human can learn creativity then an AI can too. By the way, here's GPT-4 "Write a description of an unlikely basketball player. Be creative." > Meet Ethel, a 4'9" grandmother of six, with a penchant for knitting and a mastery of Sudoku. With bifocal glasses perched on her nose, she's far from your typical basketball star. But what Ethel lacks in height and athleticism, she makes up for with an uncanny sixth sense for predicting opponents' moves and an underhand free-throw that rivals the best in the league. With her floral-print headband and orthopedic shoes squeaking down the court, she's both an anomaly and a secret weapon on her community center's basketball team.
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- zamalek 3y ago
  I've seen some incredibly creative work from Midjourney, even for some of my shitty promots. I strongly disagree with the basic assumptions of the article. Creativity and imagination are a process of being wrong: imagining that Barney the Dinosaur has a magic box is categorically false, yet it remains creative. In addition, all revolutionary ideas start as falsehoods. Einstein was "wrong" according to what humanity considered "right" when he came up with SR - it eventually became right. Finally, the fear of being wrong - which is a learned fear - causes real harm. Being wrong (and eventually right) should be celebrated - and we have seen that ChatGPT is usually more than happy to be told that it's wrong.
PoignardAzur 3y ago
I don't know, asking ChatGPT4 to be creative seems to work okay: https://chat.openai.com/share/62180301-b7ae-46fe-bd15-bd6973aed077 https://chat.openai.com/share/62180301-b7ae-46fe-bd15-bd6973... > Jack "Shadow" Carter was a prodigy dismissed for his short stature, standing only 5'7". Ignored by scouts and overshadowed by taller players in high school, he developed a unique playing style that exploited his low center of gravity and agility. He became a master of steals and assists, zipping around the court like a shadow, hence his nickname. (Though I get your point that "hallucinations" will tend towards lowest-common-denominator answers, not creative answers.)

by GuB-42 3y ago

colanderman 3y ago

This is what the temperature parameter controls. Increase it for less probable (arguably more creative) output.

ThrustVectoring 3y ago
Randomness alone isn't creative. Creativity is the marriage of the improbable and the valuable. Without novel insight into the valuable outer reaches of concept-space, you're not going to generate creative outputs.

kzrdude 3y ago

Creating doesn't mean having to maxmize entropy either. Lots of good stories keep very close to the "obivous" or the well-known.

chrisco255 3y ago

Right, this is also why we don't see breakthroughs in science or literature from AI.

ttoinou 3y ago
How do you recognize a breakthrough in literature ?
- chrisco255 3y ago
  When it moves people in a meaningful way, when it explores a new style or narrative that has not been traversed before. As of now, AI struggles to create long form cohesive narratives altogether.
gaganyaan 3y ago
Yet. We're in the infancy of the current approach, and hardware is getting better all the time. Let's see what happens when it grows up.

tornato7 3y ago

Is creativity something innate in humans, or can it be learned? I would argue that if a human can learn creativity then an AI can too. By the way, here's GPT-4 "Write a description of an unlikely basketball player. Be creative." > Meet Ethel, a 4'9" grandmother of six, with a penchant for knitting and a mastery of Sudoku. With bifocal glasses perched on her nose, she's far from your typical basketball star. But what Ethel lacks in height and athleticism, she makes up for with an uncanny sixth sense for predicting opponents' moves and an underhand free-throw that rivals the best in the league. With her floral-print headband and orthopedic shoes squeaking down the court, she's both an anomaly and a secret weapon on her community center's basketball team.

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zamalek 3y ago
I've seen some incredibly creative work from Midjourney, even for some of my shitty promots. I strongly disagree with the basic assumptions of the article. Creativity and imagination are a process of being wrong: imagining that Barney the Dinosaur has a magic box is categorically false, yet it remains creative. In addition, all revolutionary ideas start as falsehoods. Einstein was "wrong" according to what humanity considered "right" when he came up with SR - it eventually became right. Finally, the fear of being wrong - which is a learned fear - causes real harm. Being wrong (and eventually right) should be celebrated - and we have seen that ChatGPT is usually more than happy to be told that it's wrong.

PoignardAzur 3y ago

I don't know, asking ChatGPT4 to be creative seems to work okay: https://chat.openai.com/share/62180301-b7ae-46fe-bd15-bd6973aed077 https://chat.openai.com/share/62180301-b7ae-46fe-bd15-bd6973... > Jack "Shadow" Carter was a prodigy dismissed for his short stature, standing only 5'7". Ignored by scouts and overshadowed by taller players in high school, he developed a unique playing style that exploited his low center of gravity and agility. He became a master of steals and assists, zipping around the court like a shadow, hence his nickname. (Though I get your point that "hallucinations" will tend towards lowest-common-denominator answers, not creative answers.)