
Can Machines Be Truly Creative? (with Maya Ackerman)
Published: October 24, 2025
Duration: 1:01:51
Maya Ackerman is an AI researcher, co-founder and CEO of WaveAI, and author of the book "Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us." She joins the podcast to discuss creativity in humans and machines. We explore defining creativity as novel and valuable output, why evolution qualifies as creative, and how AI alignment can reduce machine creativity. The conversation covers humble creative machines versus all-knowing oracles, hallucination's role in thought, and human-AI collaboration strategies that elevate rather than replace human capabilities.
LINKS:
- Maya Ackerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ackerman
- Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us...