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Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated
MLST-2026-001 Featured 10 Feb 2026

Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated

Dr. Jeremy Budd, Dr. Tim Scarfe

AI systems can produce individually novel outputs, but novelty alone is not creativity. We argue that genuine creativity requires respect for constraints -- the accumulated structure of prior discover...

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Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated
MLST-2026-001 10 Feb 2026

Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated

Dr. Jeremy Budd, Dr. Tim Scarfe

AI systems can produce individually novel outputs, but novelty alone is not creativity. We argue that genuine creativity requires respect for constraints -- the accumulated structure of prior discoveries -- and that current AI systems lack this capacity because their training takes greedy paths that...

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