The Inspiration Machine by Eitan Y. Wilf (Paperback Book)

Name: The Inspiration Machine by Eitan Y. Wilf (Paperback Book)
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

The Inspiration MachineComputational Creativity in Poetry and Jazz\nAuthor(s): Eitan Y. Wilf\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226828336, 978-0226828336\nSynopsis\nExplores how creative digital technologies and artificial intelligence are embedded in culture and society.\n In The Inspiration Machine, Eitan Y. Wilf explores the transformative potentials that digital technology opens up for creative practice through three ethnographic cases, two with jazz musicians and one with a group of poets. At times dissatisfied with the limitations of human creativity, these artists do not turn to computerized algorithms merely to execute their preconceived ideas. Rather, they approach them as creative partners, delegating to them different degrees of agentive control and artistic decision-making in the hopes of finding inspiration in their output and thereby expanding their own creative horizons.\n Th.