The Humble Creative Machine

In this paper, we present a fresh perspective at co- creativity - using human development as a blueprint, we argue that fostering human creativity is a natural evolu- tion of creative machines. We introduce the notion of a “humble” creative machine - one that is less concerned with demonstrating its own independence, and instead uses its (potentially advanced) creative abilities to cul- tivate human creativity. We present characteristics of Humble Creative Machines and offer examples of ex- isting (almost) humble machines