Deciphering The Cookie Monster: A case study in impossible combinations
2021 (English)In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2021 / [ed] A. G. de Silva Garza, T. Veale, W. Aguilar & R. Perez y Perez, Association for Computational Creativity (ACC) , 2021, p. 222-226Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In conceptual blending, the transfer of properties from the input spaces relies on a shared semantic base. At the same time, interesting blends are supposed to resolve deep semantic clashes where many concept combinations correspond to impossible blends, i.e. blends whose input spaces lack any obvious similarities. Instead of a shared structure, the blends are based on bidirectional affordance structures. While humans can easily map this information, computational systems for creative constructions require an understanding of how these features relate to one another. In this paper, we discuss this problem from the perspective of linguistics and computational blending and propose a method combining theory weakening and semantic prioritisation. To demonstrate the problem space, we look at the Sesame Street character ‘The Cookie Monster’ and formalise the blending process using description logic.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computational Creativity (ACC) , 2021. p. 222-226
Keywords [en]
Artificial intelligence, Blending, Computation theory, Data description, Affordances, Blending process, Case-studies, Computational system, Creatives, Input space, Prioritization, Problem space, Property, Shared structures, Semantics
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-65630Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131243696ISBN: 9789895416035 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-65630DiVA, id: diva2:1884511
Conference
12th International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2021, 14-18 September (online)
2024-07-172024-07-172025-10-13Bibliographically approved