Along the topic of transhumanism, my group and I have been discussing human creativity and whether or not it can be accomplished by AI. And if AI were capable of creativity wouldn't it only be the product of human creativity, wouldn't it merely mimic our own creativity?

    While dealing with these questions I discovered that there is AI that is creative. Aaron is a computer program designed by artist and art professor Harold Cohen. Cohen has been working on the art creating program since 1973. "It's roughly 1.5 megabytes of LISP code, and this ever-evolving project has spawned articles, college lectures and an entire book analyzing just what Aaron is and does." Aaron draws and paints stylized still lifesand portraits of human figures out of its programmed "imagination." No images or additional human input are necessary.

Liberty and Friends, 1985. Ink and dyes on paper, 22x30 inches.

Meeting On Gauguin's Beach, 1988. Oil on canvas, 90x68 inches