Explores the historical relationship between creativity and computational tools, tracing computer art from 1950s pioneers like Georg Nees and Vera Molnár to modern AI-assisted design. The piece examines how artists have long shared authorship with machines, discusses the shift from direct creation to abstraction-based processes, and addresses the ongoing debate about creative ownership in an age of generative AI. It emphasizes that human-machine collaboration in creativity isn't new but has intensified, requiring designers to become orchestrators rather than direct executors of their ideas.

DOC • The creator and the machine