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How do you teach creativity? I've had to work through this issue for over 25 years. In 1990, I returned to being a professor after taking five years off to be a senior executive in what was an ...

What if creativity wasn’t the enigmatic, unpredictable spark we’ve long romanticized, but instead followed a set of underlying principles, almost like a formula? Imagine if the brilliance of a Picasso ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We were once promised self-driving cars and robot maids. Instead, we’ve seen the rise of artificial intelligence systems that can beat ...