Curious Whispers: An Embodied Artificial Creative System.

Abstract

Abstract. Creativity, whether or not it is computational, doesn’t occur in a vacuum, it is a situated, embodied activity that is connected with cultural, social, personal and physical contexts. Artificial creative sys-tems are computational models that attempt to capture personal, social and cultural aspects of human creativity. The physical embodiment of artificial creative systems presents significant challenges and opportuni-ties. This paper introduces the “Curious Whispers ” project, an attempt to embody an artificial creative system as a collection of autonomous mo-bile robots that communicate through simple “songs”. The challenges of developing an autonomous robotic platform suitable for constructing ar-tificial creative systems are discussed. We conclude by examining some of the opportunities of this embodied approach to computational creativity. 1