The Creativity Code
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Will a machine ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?

Based on his most recent book The Creativity Code, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the new developments in AI that are shaking up the status quo and asks how long it might be before machines come up with something creative, and whether they might jolt us into being more imaginative in turn.

Prof Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is author of six books including his most recent book The Creativity Code (Fourth Estate 2019). He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a four-part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival. His play I is a Strange Loop (in which he is both actor and author) was part of the Barbican’s Life Rewired season. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.
Date: 25 January 2021, 18:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2021)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Marcus du Sautoy (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: scientific.society@studentclubs.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Luna Li