Harry Lang: AI can’t replace the counter-intuitive thinking behind great creativity

The recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was a marvel of human endeavour. Years of hurt, training and willpower culminating in all-too-brief moments of blood, sweat and tears. From the early morning anticipation as the curlers exchanged ends, stones and ‘the hammer’, to sense-defying spins over the half-pipe, what was on display was nothing short of miraculous.
If an exploratory alien species had happened to pass over South Korea to witness the Czech Ester Ledecká taking unp