Our species has an extraordinary capacity to create works of art that elevate, expand, and transform the very essence of being human. These works are manifestations of what Marcus du Sautoy calls “the code of creativity.” But recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning may soon allow machines to learn what it means to be human—to decipher our “code.” Will new AI tools open up new creative possibilities? Will this new technology mean that art will no longer be created solely by humans? In this book, renowned British mathematician and science writer Marcus du Sautoy explores what these innovations could mean for both artistic creativity and his own field, mathematics. From the Turing test to the AlphaGo algorithm, he explores in a variety of ways whether there are limits to what algorithms can achieve, or whether they are capable of imitating human creativity in an indistinguishable way. "Artificial intelligence is shaking the very foundations of our existence, demonstrating how many things humans do that machines can do as well or better. But this book is less about a future of driverless cars and computerized medicine than about whether algorithms can match the power of human code."