Can robots be creative?

People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity -- alongside the question of artificial intelligence -- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is it the machine or the programmer that exhibits creativity? Gil Weinberg investigates this creative conundrum.

Answer the following questions:

1. Who was Lady Ada Lovelace and what was her contribution to computer science?

2. How do genetic algorithms work?

3. Why do researchers use evolutionary algorithms in an effort to develop creative robots?

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