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Marcus du Sautoy: Can an AI be creative?

27 November 2019

How long before an artificial intelligence composes a symphony, write a prizewinning novel, or paints a masterpiece, asks mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.

DeepMind AI takes IQ tests to probe its ability for abstract thought

14 July 2018

AIs that can match humans at abstract reasoning would be very useful, but testing them is difficult. Now Google DeepMind says it has a solution

DeepMind AI is learning to understand the ‘thoughts’ of others

28 February 2018

The firm’s new artificial intelligence has developed a theory of mind, passing an important psychological assessment that most children only develop around age 4

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Marcus du Sautoy: Can an AI be creative?

DeepMind AI takes IQ tests to probe its ability for abstract thought

DeepMind AI is learning to understand the ‘thoughts’ of others

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