Insightful artificial intelligence
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Peer-reviewed
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Authors
Halina, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3482-4281
Abstract
jats:pIn March 2016, DeepMind's computer programme AlphaGo surprised the world by defeating the world‐champion Go player, Lee Sedol. AlphaGo exhibits a novel, surprising and valuable style of play and has been recognised as “creative” by the artificial intelligence (AI) and Go communities. This article examines whether AlphaGo engages in creative problem solving according to the standards of comparative psychology. I argue that AlphaGo displays one important aspect of creative problem solving (namely mental scenario building in the form of Monte Carlo tree search), while lacking another (domain generality). This analysis has consequences for how we think about creativity in humans and AI.</jats:p>
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Keywords
artificial intelligence, comparative psychology, creativity, deep learning, insight
Journal Title
Mind and Language
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Journal ISSN
0268-1064
1468-0017
1468-0017
Volume Title
36
Publisher
Wiley
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Sponsorship
Leverhulme Trust (RC-2015-067)
Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) (TWCF0303)
Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) (TWCF0303)
Leverhulme Trust, Templeton World Charity Foundation