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We investigated the potential and limitations of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in reflecting the authors' cognitive processes through creative expression. The focus is on the AI-generated artwork's ability to understand human…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Yoon Kyung Lee , Yong-Ha Park , Sowon Hahn

There are both benefits and drawbacks to cultural diversity. It can lead to friction and exacerbate differences. However, as with biological diversity, cultural diversity is valuable in times of upheaval; if a previously effective solution…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-07-19 Liane Gabora , Stefan Leijnen

A remarkable feature of human beings is their capacity for creative behaviour, referring to their ability to react to problems in ways that are novel, surprising, and useful. Transformational creativity is a form of creativity where the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Maarten Grachten , Carlos Eduardo Cancino Chacón

Creativity is thought to involve searching and selecting amongst multiple discrete idea candidates. Honing theory predicts that it involves actualizing the potentiality of as few as a single ill-defined idea by viewing it from different…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2014-09-01 Nicole Carbert , Liane Gabora , Jasmine Schwartz , Apara Ranjan

Representations are internal models of the environment that can provide guidance to a behaving agent, even in the absence of sensory information. It is not clear how representations are developed and whether or not they are necessary or…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2013-08-07 Lars Marstaller , Arend Hintze , Christoph Adami

A new prior is proposed for learning representations of high-level concepts of the kind we manipulate with language. This prior can be combined with other priors in order to help disentangling abstract factors from each other. It is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Yoshua Bengio

Creativity serves as a cornerstone for societal progress and innovation. With the rise of advanced generative AI models capable of tasks once reserved for human creativity, the study of AI's creative potential becomes imperative for its…

With the advancement of science and technology, the philosophy of creativity has undergone significant reinterpretation. This paper investigates contemporary research in the fields of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and the philosophy…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Shengyi Xie

Progress has led to a detailed understanding of the neural mechanisms that underlie decision making in primates. However, less is known about why such mechanisms are present in the first place. Theory suggests that primate decision making…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-21 Nathan J. Wispinski , Scott A. Stone , Anthony Singhal , Patrick M. Pilarski , Craig S. Chapman

This paper proposes a theory of creativity, referred to as honing theory, which posits that creativity fuels the process by which culture evolves through communal exchange amongst minds that are self-organizing, self-maintaining, and…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-07-17 Liane Gabora

The Machine Consciousness Hypothesis states that consciousness is a substrate-free functional property of computational systems capable of second-order perception. I propose a research program to investigate this idea in silico by studying…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Stephen Fitz

For an artificial creative agent, an essential driver of the search for novelty is a value function which is often provided by the system designer or users. We argue that an important barrier for progress in creativity research is the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-08-06 Akın Kazakçıand Mehdi Cherti , Balázs Kégl

The recent rapid advancement of LLM-based AI systems has accelerated our search and production of information. While the advantages brought by these systems seemingly improve the performance or efficiency of human activities, they do not…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Katelyn Xiaoying Mei , Nic Weber

The main power of artificial intelligence is not in modeling what we already know, but in creating solutions that are new. Such solutions exist in extremely large, high-dimensional, and complex search spaces. Population-based search…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Risto Miikkulainen

A key objective in artificial intelligence (AI) development is to create systems that match or surpass human creativity. Although current AI models perform well across diverse creative tasks, it remains unclear whether these achievements…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Man Zhang , Ying Li , Yang Peng , Yijia Sun , Wenxin Guo , Huiqing Hu , Shi Chen , Qingbai Zhao

We discuss the objectives of any endeavor in creating artificial intelligence, AI, and provide a possible alternative. Intelligence might be an unintended consequence of curiosity left to roam free, best exemplified by a frolicking infant.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Ravi Kashyap

This chapter synthesizes evidence from cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychological studies, and computational models for a complex systems inspired theory of creativity, and its role in cultural evolution. Creativity…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-06-25 Liane Gabora

Creativity is a fundamental pillar of human expression and a driving force behind innovation, yet it now stands at a crossroads. As artificial intelligence advances at an astonishing pace, the question arises: can machines match and…

General Economics · Economics 2024-09-30 Anne-Gaëlle Maltese , Pierre Pelletier , Rémy Guichardaz

While the potential of deep learning (DL) for automating simple tasks is already well explored, recent research has started investigating the use of deep learning for creative design, both for complete artifact creation and supporting…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Marcus Basalla , Johannes Schneider , Jan vom Brocke

From Paleolithic cave paintings to Impressionism, human painting has evolved to depict increasingly complex and detailed scenes, conveying more nuanced messages. This paper attempts to emerge this artistic capability by simulating the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Yi Lin , Lin Gu , Ziteng Cui , Shenghan Su , Yumo Hao , Yingtao Tian , Tatsuya Harada , Jianfei Yang