mars2k 's review for:

The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think by Marcus du Sautoy

2.5

challenging informative slow-paced

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I don’t think The Creativity Code is bad per se, but it’s just not for me. I suppose I’m more interested in “creativity” than “code,” so I’m not really the target audience for this heavily mathematical book.

It certainly has its moments – I quite enjoyed the chapters “Painting By Numbers” and “Language Games” – but I felt as though much of the content could have been cut and the book’s length easily could have been halved. I hate to say it, but I’ve seen videos on the topic which are more engaging and more concise, and at times I found myself wishing I was watching one of those instead of reading this book.

I don’t regret reading it, but I’m glad I’m done so I can move on to something more to my liking.