While the economic potential of generative AI is becoming increasingly obvious, much has been made of the threats the technology poses to creative professionals. Commentators now often warn about the coming replacement or eradication of human creativity. But what if the reality is more promising than that? What if generative AI can be harnessed to improve and expand our creative capabilities? In Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us, world- renowned artificial intelligence researcher and generative AI pioneer, Maya Ackerman, describes the thrilling journey of the rise of creative AI. You'll explore the stories of the earliest pioneers, as well as the cutting-edge tools shaping music, art, and human imagination today. Ackerman cuts through the mountains of hype and smoke around artificial intelligence, revealing the true capabilities, limitations, risks, and opportunities of generative AI. She champions its potential to supercharge human creativity without replacing it. In this book, the author draws on psychology, neuroscience, and her own cutting-edge research to reveal how generative AI exposes the brilliance and blind spots of human society. She explains our human ingenuity, our biases, our assumptions about intelligence and identity, and how artificial intelligence transforms these discussions. Creative Machines outlines the hidden history and explosive growth of AI- generative creativity and explores the contributions of creative AI. It presents a visionary framework for using artificial intelligence as a tool to enhance--rather than replace--human creativity and offers a bold new perspective on AI ethics and why fixing AI is not enough. Perfect for technology leaders, developers, ethicists, and creative professionals, Creative Machines provides eye-opening new insights, compelling stories, and a visionary perspective on AI's impact on human society. It's an essential read for anyone doing their best to navigate the quickly changing landscapes of generative AI, technology, the arts, and business.