AI Creativity: Can LLMs Create New Things?

Published

2023-07-31 00:00

Collected

2026-07-03 03:58

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id: 1662
title: "AI Creativity: Can LLMs Create New Things?"
source_domain: josephthacker.com
source_url: "https://josephthacker.com/ai/2023/07/31/ai-creativity.html"
published_at: "2023-07-31T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "llm", "opinion", "generative-ai", "creativity", "first-principles", "ai-philosophy"]
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# AI Creativity: Can LLMs Create New Things?

## Summary

Joseph Thacker argues LLMs can create novel output: since human discoveries are also described with pre-existing words, no systemic constraint stops generative AI from being creative.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** josephthacker.com
- **Published:** 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://josephthacker.com/ai/2023/07/31/ai-creativity.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1662