Archive: creativity
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Can Artificial Intelligence be Creative?
More than 2000 years ago, Plato made several interesting references to the notion of creativity, in the Socratic dialogues. In Meno, Socrates claims that “when poets produce truly great poetry, they do it not through knowledge or mastery, but rather by being divinely “inspired” by the Muses”. In another dialogue, Socrates contemplates the origins of new knowledge, which can be interpreted as creative thinking. Socrates wondered how can existing knowledge evolve into new ideas. When asked by Meno, “will we say, of a painter, that he makes something?”, Socrates responded, “no, he merely imitates”.
Categories: 2022, Recent Blog Posts, The Gnovis Blog
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Are Selfies Selfish?
It’s common practice for an older generation to give the younger generation a hard time. The Boomers have by far gone above and beyond to make sure that everyone knows the awful norms of Millennials a
Categories: 2015, The Gnovis Blog
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The End of an Era: The Death of the Album and Its Unintended Effects
In his recent article, music industry analyst Rob Lefsetz expounds on the imminent death of the album release, citing a combination of technological and sociological factors that have rendered the
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Creation Nets and the Future of Social Networks
Since the beginning of the new year, there has been much talk of Facebook’s Graph Search and the company’s attempt to quantify the information goldmine that makes up a social network. Analyzing how in
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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A New Look at Urban Street Design
As we try to find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to live, we are tasked with rethinking the ways in which we design and use infrastructure and public space. The National Association
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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The Big and the Small of It
[caption id="attachment_6216" align="aligncenter" width="290"] Photo courtesy of Flickr user trawin.[/caption] While studying criminology in college I became captivated by a concept called the Broken
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Can Online Collaboration Make Us More Creative?
Virtual communities show how online creative collaborations can enhance creative opportunities by sustaining productive networks amongst users. Especially with mobile networks, one cannot ignore how i
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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How Do We Explain Fandom?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Zum7azNIQ Fans have created and interacted together in self-contained bubbles for many years, discreetly taking sick days from work to attend conventions and—after the
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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The Second Alyx
Midway through Valve Corporation's Half-Life 2, a PC game, I was accompanied by lively companion rebel Alyx Vance as we fought against the Combine, an alien empire that has taken control of Earth and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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How to Spot a 'Creative'
Whenever there is talk of economic recovery, growth, educational reform, or employment the word ‘creativity’ is never far. Yet as our understanding of creativity shifts over the centuries, so too doe
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog