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.