Before we can answer this question, we must analyze the definition of the words Creative and Computer.
“Creative thinking is a mental process that involves creative problem solving and the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of existing ideas or concepts, driven by the process of conscious or unconscious perception.”
“From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thinking (sometimes called divergent thinking) are generally considered to have originality and appropriateness.”
Source = (wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity)
From the above definitions, it is clear that the creative process or creativity is traditionally associated with the human mind. Can this creative process somehow be integrated into a computer?
“A computer is a programmable machine that receives input, stores and manipulates data / information and provides output in a useful format.”
Based on this definition from Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer), it would certainly seem possible that a computer can be creative as it can manipulate data. The problem with this is that data manipulation is carried out in a way determined by the software the computer is running. In its simplest form, software is a set of rules that say something like “if this happens, do that.” This manipulation that the computer does with data or information is not creative since it will not generate new ideas or concepts
The closest that computers can get to creativity is through so-called Artificial Intelligence. According to Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence), “Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computing that aims to create it. The field was founded on the claim that a core property of humans, intelligence, can be described with such precision that it can be simulated by a machine. Central problems in AI include traits such as reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning, communication, perception, and the ability to move and manipulate objects “.
Creativity, in my opinion, presents an even greater challenge to the problems mentioned above.
It is clear that Creative Computers in their purest form do not exist, nor are they likely to develop in the near future.
A start on how to do this could be to create a database (like Access) and then use it to store information about various behaviors that are required under certain conditions. (Attending Microsoft Access training courses would be a requirement before applying this approach) This approach immediately targets the problem: the computer will only react to known stimuli and will not create anything on its own.
However, if we look at the term Creative Computers in the context of a company name or slogan, the interpretation will vary substantially. In this context, the term could take the meaning of “creatively using or applying computers”. When combined with an additional phrase, for example Creative Computer Training or Creative Minds Computer Training, the meaning changes dramatically again.
In any of the examples mentioned above, the context leads to a human mind having creativity and then applying it to engage computers in one way or another.