In a critical discussion of AI's creative capacities, philosopher Hanne De Jaegher asserts that AI cannot achieve true creativity as it neither lives nor possesses the inherent emotional understanding that humans do. Musician Eric de Jong presents an AI-generated piece, emphasizing its generic nature, arguing it reflects our own limitations in music creation. He states that humans also create based on past influences, making us more generic than we perceive. This dialogue raises profound questions regarding originality and authenticity in artistic endeavors influenced by AI.
"Unlike humans, AI doesn't desire, need, relate, or make sense of the world and what matters in it. True creativity arises from things mattering; even when â especially when â those things are contradictory, nonsensical and ambiguous."
"You ask it to create a piece of Baroque, and it generates a piece that is a kind of average of all the Baroque music, which it takes as input. This music is generic..."
"Much is made of 'the soul of the composer'. But we are just machines. We make on the basis of what we see and hear. And so, we also make generic things."
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