As part of my AI Postgrad Diploma I created a model out of lung X-Rays that can detect disease with a single image, within seconds with negligible compute, which would make it possible for hospitals worldwide to replace a costly and resource intensive process, with a cloud upload of a single image. At the time I was just learning, and it took me a couple of weeks. Here in Cambridge there is a whole medical tech sector developing similar every day. AI is already saving lives.
I'm making a game. Let's say it's a Bomberman clone. My artists have made a bunch of ground and block tiles. They worked a whole week and we have 5 levels.
We then use AI to create tile maps that are deviations from that 5, and get to 1,000 levels in an afternoon.
Not a belief, my understanding of neurology and the psychology of creativity.
Our perception of "an original thought" doesn't come into our mind through some alien ray introducing ideas.
It is the culmination of our experiences, consumed ideas, exposure to other concepts, etc etc that we form and shape, and create new different instances.
There is nothing metaphysical or mystical happening here.
So Doug what you are saying is one of these things takes in external data, processes it, synergies it, and exports a derivative version, and the other thing is the machine?