# Absolutely in agreement with you, here. This is a major pet peeve.

The way I usually phrase this position is: “For any definition of creativity
not formulated specifically to exclude them, computers are…

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Absolutely in agreement with you, here. This is a major pet peeve.

The way I usually phrase this position is: “For any definition of creativity
not formulated specifically to exclude them, computers are already capable of
creativity, and have been since the 1950s at the latest.”

By [John Ohno](https://medium.com/@enkiv2) on [December 21,
2015](https://medium.com/p/f95faa668356).

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here-this-is-a-major-pet-peeve-f95faa668356)

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