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Creativity needs Engagement: Can Machines Handle the Unexpected?
Let’s call
Can a rule-defined computational system
the unknown
genuinely engage with a problem and react
variable
sensibly to the truly unexpected? If a CC system
relies on rules to handle the unexpected, in
“WTF!?!?!”
what sense is the unexpected really
unexpected?
Rules define the known
knowns and the known
unknowns of a system (to
quote a much-maligned
military philosopher of sorts).
But what about the unknown
unknowns?
Co-Creation may involve Subtle Interactions
between the software and its human user
Well, how do humans handle the unexpected?
