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The paper is concerned with creativity and computation in two different respects. Firstly, there is the major issue of understanding the creative process and, secondly, there is the issue of supporting or amplifying that process. The relationship between these two concerns is less clear than might be supposed and it has been interesting to notice, at a number of recent meetings, that researchers can largely be divided into those considering one or other of those issues in isolation. It is not clear whether or not those concerned with a computational understanding of creativity believe that achieving it might bring direct benefits, such as the amplification of creative abilities, and, equally, it is not clear that those working on support systems expect to contribute to the development of computational models. In any case, the thesis of this paper is that, with appropriate care, research into each issue can benefit work on the other.
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Edmonds, E. (1994). Cybernetic Serendipity Revisited. In: Dartnall, T. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Creativity. Studies in Cognitive Systems, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0793-0_24
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