#generative computation

[W]e should look beyond metaphors of dialog or interaction and be concerned with partnerships with generative processes where the 'system' includes a human participant, as opposed to a system as a tool or an autonomous machine; a perspective, one could argue, with echoes of cybernetics. (18)

Explorations into creative partnerships with technology build on the examination of human uses of technology that has been a theme permeating studies in anthropology, at least since the work of Lévi-Strauss [...], and of philosophy, at least since Plato. (16)

The conceptual roots of generative systems and creativity run deep [...] and their impact on human relationships with technologies (and therefore reflection on their own productive value) will be significant; not unlike the reflection and change required when industrial automation transformed working and cultural practices over 100 years ago [...]. (15)