ACKERMAN, Margareta, Computer Creativity, Santa Clara Univ, SLAC, Mar 24, 2018
<p class="MsoNormal" >ACKERMAN, Margareta, Computer Creativity, Santa Clara Univ, SLAC, Mar 24, 2018
This talk by Maya (nickname) Ackerman (Prof in CS at Santa Clara Univ and
also opera singer)... at the LAST Festival at SLAC today.... v entertaining.
she begins (her subject is whether computers can be creative)
(Theme today commemorates Frankenstein)</p>
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<b>Harold Cohn's Aaron... arguing with himself about creativity</b>.</p>
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is computer an equal collaborator.</p>
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How about computer as an autonomous artist.</p>
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but how to do evaluation? can computer do that?</p>
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Opera... write an opera and then hurl it into the garbage cuz it's junk... can computer do that?</p>
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<b>Turing Test for CC = computer creativity...</b></p>
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<b>might unbiased observer describe the work as creative.</b></p>
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made by computer or by human?</p>
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we (her audience) judge the art... she shows us perhaps a dozen
slides of art... Q: made by human or by computer???...</p>
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she is an asst prof at SCU.</p>
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first pic was made <b>by AARON green, red flowers.</b></p>
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big robot that actually applied real paint...</p>
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next slide was by <b>Bridget Riley 1961 optical art</b>...</p>
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next was Modern Pop Art... Thomas C Fedro...</p>
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<b>AARON... man and woman and plant.</b></p>
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intentionally imperfect lines....</p>
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she tells us about <b>The Painting Fool</b>... </p>
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Harold Cohn... how dare that people claim that that Aaron is creative?
(Harold debates with himself)</p>
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some work is commissioned for impressive money... big bucks.</p>
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<b>Theo van Doesburg</b>...</p>
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Neo-Plasticism 1917...</p>
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AARON </p>
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<b>Deep Dream.... dogs all over... reverse image recognition...</b></p>
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she tells a charming tale:
she used to date a tall Russian guy... then she broke it off... but
afterward (just like Deep Dream) she would mistakenly see him everywhere...
even in short Asian women.</p>
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Deep Dream put dogs everywhere.</p>
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The Painting Fool... computer art.</p>
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MUSIC </p>
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computational musicology...</p>
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David Cope... EMMY (UCSC) algo composition...</p>
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spent years on this....</p>
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most impressive....</p>
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she plays a gorgeous pice.... <b>EMMY... like BACH...</b></p>
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David claimed it was a "new piece created by Bach"</p>
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11 Sept 2015... at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith Univ.</p>
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Andrew Brown....</p>
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EMMY = little tiny chunks and how to recombine it...</p>
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and musical improvisation...</p>
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Ripples Andrew Brown... improv.</p>
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piano improvising along with human....</p>
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look up <b>Improvisor.com</b></p>
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<b>her fave of her own work is ALYSIA</b>,'</p>
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she started voice lessons... jealous of voice lessons...</p>
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<a href="www.mayaackerman.info">www.mayaackerman.info</a> .....
computer melodies...</p>
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<b>TryAlysia.com....</b></p>
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type in lyrics....</p>
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I took my power in my hands....</p>
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good at generation but not at evaluation.</p>
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.</p>
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Emily Dickinson.</p>
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<b>she sings it 2017 Maya Ackerman.</b></p>
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she sings....gorgeous operatic voice...</p>
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...... prediction is tightly linked .....</p>
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these are done with Alysia.com ...</p>
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Believe in Us....</p>
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song on her website...</p>
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Arido Taurajo....</p>
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David Morgan collab from San Jose State...
<b>set in World of Warcraft... in Italian Opera.</b></p>
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Italian Opera set in WOW.</p>
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dragon flying.....</p>
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get this, Bob!</p>
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shows rolling landscape flying over it with dragon....</p>
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Savannah...</p>
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ARIDO TAURAJO...</p>
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want to try Alysia... tryalysia.com...</p>
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Q how can you call it art when not made with human condition and emotion and intentionality...</p>
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A: great Q; can machine have those... she says prob not...</p>
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but how about the <b>Painting Fool....</b></p>
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Q how about literature... short stories?</p>
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Mark Goodelll Georgia Tech... short stories....</p>
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