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paraplayer

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Posted on 07-27-05 11:53 AM Link | Quote
...paint a painting?

what i mean is... can a computer be creative and paint a picture just like a human?

think long and hard on this one.
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Posted on 07-27-05 11:56 AM Link | Quote
Not unless you program it to.

Any other questions?
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Posted on 07-27-05 12:02 PM Link | Quote
Does this computer have a human brain in it?
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Posted on 07-27-05 05:09 PM Link | Quote
What if it's the remains of a computer that collided with God?
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Posted on 07-27-05 07:24 PM Link | Quote
"Would you know what I'm gonna do before I do it?"
"Yes"

"What if I did something else?"
"Then I wouldn't know"

FUTURAMA ROX!!

It's kinda like this whole "AI" thing. Computers are only programed for certain purposes. I've seen these "Soccer Dogs", and everyone claims that they have AI, but they're only doing what they were programed to do. They'll never turn on us or anything.
IT'S BLOODY STUPID!!
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Posted on 08-01-05 09:08 PM Link | Quote
A computer has to be phisically programmed to do something. Even thhe most powerful computer in the world could not paint a picture. AI is a failed recreation of life. Could a computer compose a shmphony?? i think not. right from the word go computers have to be programmed. if you look at the way the first processors were made you will see that they were programmed, so a computer needs human intervention to do anything.
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Posted on 08-01-05 09:14 PM Link | Quote
Unless a high-level of artificial intelligence is created that could therefore make new computers (ie reproduction) with distinctive personality traits within their AI I don't quite think that computers will be too good the artist.
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Posted on 08-01-05 10:57 PM Link | Quote
I believe creativity stems from (1) randomness of events that occur (2) how each input influences the function it is entered into. If the subroutines in an AI are be non-deterimistic, then creativity of a computer is possible. However, if AIs are programmed in a deterministic fashion then well, there is no creativity because essentially we be programming a computer to be able to replicate the works of others...

I guess, being able to program non-deterministic output into a computer is the key for AIs to be "creative"
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Posted on 08-01-05 10:58 PM Link | Quote
"Hey kids. I'm a computer."



"Stop all the downloadin'!"
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Posted on 08-02-05 12:14 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Arwon
What if it's the remains of a computer that collided with God?


Deus in Machina?
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Posted on 08-02-05 12:28 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins
Originally posted by Arwon
What if it's the remains of a computer that collided with God?


Deus in Machina?


You just got pun'd!
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Posted on 08-02-05 12:37 AM Link | Quote
I suppose you could program a machine to paint a picture, much like the zookeepers trained the elephants in the zoo.

It could either be a random amount of brush strokes, or I guess you could program it to do certain brush strokes to create something like the Mona Lisa.

Computers will never be able to process art the way humans do, though. Its a creative outlet for people, and computer could never match that.
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Posted on 08-04-05 04:11 AM Link | Quote
It could, if it got the creative part from a human that programmed it. So really.. no it can't, unless it's given the talent. That's how it always is for computers, isn't it?
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Posted on 08-04-05 04:21 AM Link | Quote
No, it cant, they havent even perfected the arm to hold the brush yet.
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Posted on 08-04-05 04:50 AM Link | Quote
Like what Kario said.
Also, paintings are made/expressed through the emotions of the artist. Comps. can't have emotions. It is way too complicated to program something like that. How do you program it to make a painting to convey a sad mood? Or how would you get it to add a sad complexion to the person in the picture?
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Posted on 08-04-05 08:16 AM Link | Quote
Only if they have a biological brain, or have something that works similar to the brain.

Creativity is a trait humans have, but machines lacks... for now. They're masters at logic, but fails whenever creativity is needed. A human brain and a computer works quite diffrent.

I can see it possible if they use a brain somehow, thought you would need a device to connect between the computer and the brain.
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Posted on 08-04-05 09:08 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by firemaker
A computer has to be phisically programmed to do something. Even thhe most powerful computer in the world could not paint a picture. AI is a failed recreation of life. Could a computer compose a shmphony?? i think not. right from the word go computers have to be programmed. if you look at the way the first processors were made you will see that they were programmed, so a computer needs human intervention to do anything.
Actually, a computer probably could be programmed to compose a symphony. I mean, think about it. Just supply it with every possible note along with examples of classical music and have the computer rearrange the notes to a style that sounds good.
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Posted on 08-05-05 07:58 AM Link | Quote
How would it know it would sound good? It would be ripping off of other music, and that is all.
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Posted on 08-07-05 12:01 AM Link | Quote
Computers can already compose music from scratch without any references, using randomized scripts guided by a few 'laws' from human music theory.
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Posted on 09-16-05 09:12 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kefka
How would it know it would sound good? It would be ripping off of other music, and that is all.


Yeah, what the other guy said. Music theory is actualy qquite restrictive. It's not quite throwing random scales and chord progressions together, but it can get close. You could certainly program a computer that would make up random melodies based on the laws which would sound QUITE good, although consistancy would be a problem.

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