Posted 3/8/2024, 6:21:11 AM
AI Matches Humans in Tests of Divergent Thinking, But Practical Creativity Still Lags
- Recent study finds AI language model GPT-4 outperforms humans on divergent thinking and creativity tasks
- AI demonstrated greater originality and detail in responses to Alternative Uses, Consequences, and Associations Tasks
- But AI ideas not necessarily more practical or appropriate; dependent on human input
- Study challenges assumption creativity is uniquely human, but does not prove AI more creative overall
- Authors say more research needed on usefulness of AI ideas and real-world applications of AI creativity