AI Expert Graham Morehead On How AI Creativity Differs from Human Creativity

On this episode of Creative Space, I’m thrilled to bring you an insightful conversation with Graham Morehead, AI expert and author of "The Shape of Thought: Why Your Brain is so Different from AI." From his tech-rich upbringing in Boston to his current role as a professor at Gonzaga University and CEO of Pangeon, Graham shares his extensive knowledge and unique perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI) and human creativity.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, from the history of AI to the creative process of a GPT and how AI creativity differs from human creativity.

I hope you find this episode as fascinating as I did.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00—Introduction

3:28—“Math is the language of the universe.”

5:00—The Influence of 2001: A Space Odyssey 

5:50—Diving into the history of AI, Alan Turing and the universal Turing machine

9:15—Defining AI at a high level

11:00—How AI models are trained

13:30—What is RLHF?

16:12—The Roomba, self-driving cars and discrete objects

23:00—The creative process of a GPT

26:30—How human creativity is different from AI

35:00—As an artist, part of your job is to say what hasn’t been said. 

35:30—What led you to devote your career to AI?

38:53—The story behind Parsimony 

41:44—But what about Blake Lemoine? 

43:33—Graham’s definition of creativity

49:32—Figure out what you want to say, do it and keep at it.