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Can you provide some examples where LM creates something novel, which is not just a rehash or combination of existing things?

Especially considering how hard it is for humans to create something new, e.g in literature - basically all stories have been written and new ones just copy the existing ones in one way or another.



What kind of novel thing would convince you, given that you're also dismissing most human creation as mere remixes/rehashes?

Attempts to objectively rate LLM creativity are finding leading systems more creative than average humans: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40858-3

Have you tried leading models – say, GPT4 for text or code generation, Midjourney for images?


For any example we give you will just say "that's not novel, it's just a mix of existing ideas".




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