The Art of Programming: Challenges in Generating Code for Creative Applications

Programming has been a key tool for artists and other creatives for decades, and the creative use of programming presents unique challenges, opportunities and perspectives for researchers considering how AI can be used to support coding more generally. In this paper we aim to motivate researchers to look deeper into some of these areas, by highlighting some interesting uses of programming in creative practices, suggesting new research questions posed by these spaces, and briefly raising important issues that work in this area may face.