ABSTRACT
W hat is creativity? More than fifty definitions from different sources are listed by Calvin Taylor, but no matter how we choose to define it, creativity is an essential component of
intelligence. Any discussion of Turing’s question “Can machines think?” should therefore include a consideration of whether or not machines can be creative. And, in parallel with Turing’s view that a machine should be regarded as intelligent if it gives the appearance of being intelligent, we may similarly accept that, in order to be regarded as creative, a machine need not simulate the human thought processes that underlie creativity but should merely have to produce results of at least the same quality as those produced by human creativity.
