@article{ART002783831},
author={Yoon, Juhan},
title={Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2021},
volume={78},
number={4},
pages={93-125},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yoon, Juhan
TI - Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2021
VL - 78
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 93
EP - 125
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This paper aims to propose a way to properly deal with the question of 'Can artificial intelligence have creativity?' Firstly, to answer this question, the concept of creativity is clarified. I define creativity as a mental ability to perform a systematic causal function to produce novel products or ideas, and argue that if we recognize functionalism as a philosophical assumption worth considering, we can start discussing artificial intelligence and creativity making this assumption a steppingstone.
Next, as an example of art-creating artificial intelligence, I scrutinize where exactly GPT-3, one of the most advanced natural language processing artificial intelligence programs, stands. GPT-3 produces writings that are (partly) almost indistinguishable from humans’ due to vast amounts of learning and parameters. However, GPT-3 still has not reached the level of creativity to create literary ‘works’.
Then, I examine what ability artificial intelligence needs in order to reach the level of creativity to create literary works. I argue that in order to have literary creativity, the ability to (re)construct and represent fictional work worlds, i.e., fictive imagining, is required, and elucidate the mechanism of fictive imagining through the ‘Possible World Box’ model.
KW - Creativity;Artificial Intelligence;Creative Writing;Fictive Imagination;GPT-3
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
ER -
Yoon, Juhan. (2021). Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 78(4), 93-125.
Yoon, Juhan. 2021, "Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.78, no.4 pp.93-125. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan "Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78.4 pp.93-125 (2021) : 93.
Yoon, Juhan. Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity. 2021; 78(4), 93-125. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan. "Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78, no.4 (2021) : 93-125.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan. Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 78(4), 93-125. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan. Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2021; 78(4) 93-125. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan. Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity. 2021; 78(4), 93-125. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
Yoon, Juhan. "Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 78, no.4 (2021) : 93-125.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.78.4.202111.93
