The Creativity of Artificial Intelligence

The future of the arts and artificial intelligence is unclear. Already, platforms like ChatGPT have the ability to write poems and novels on command with various styles, and other programs can create paintings or images from scratch. How should we think about creativity and AI? And should a piece of art made by AI be considered on the same level as a human creation? Janelle Shane, researcher and author of the book, You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works and Why it’s Making the World a Weirder Place, joins to talk about the relationship between the Arts and AI, and takes your calls.