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This paper describes an approach that combines generative adversarial networks (GANs) with interactive evolutionary computation (IEC). While GANs can be trained to produce lifelike images, they are normally sampled randomly from the learned…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Philip Bontrager , Wending Lin , Julian Togelius , Sebastian Risi

Generative AIs produce creative outputs in the style of human expression. We argue that encounters with the outputs of modern generative AI models are mediated by the same kinds of aesthetic judgments that organize our interactions with…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Jessica Hullman , Ari Holtzman , Andrew Gelman

Generative AI for the creation of images is becoming a staple in the toolkit of digital artists and visual designers. The interaction with these systems is mediated by \emph{prompting}, a process in which users write a short text to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Maddalena Torricelli , Mauro Martino , Andrea Baronchelli , Luca Maria Aiello

Recent advances in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) continue to attract the attention of researchers in different fields due to the wide range of applications devised to take advantage of their key features. Most recent GANs are…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Mohammad Lataifeh , Xavier Carrasco , Ashraf Elnagar , Naveed Ahmed

Can visual artworks created using generative visual algorithms inspire human creativity in storytelling? We asked writers to write creative stories from a starting prompt, and provided them with visuals created by generative AI models from…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Safinah Ali , Devi Parikh

The rapid proliferation of AI-generated images, powered by generative adversarial networks (GANs), diffusion models, and other synthesis techniques, has raised serious concerns about misinformation, copyright violations, and digital…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Nusrat Tasnim , Kutub Uddin , Khalid Malik

In recent years, deep neural networks have been utilized in a wide variety of applications including image generation. In particular, generative adversarial networks (GANs) are able to produce highly realistic pictures as part of tasks such…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Hyunsuk Ko , Dae Yeol Lee , Seunghyun Cho , Alan C. Bovik

While AI models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in constrained domains like game strategy, their potential for genuine creativity in open-ended domains like art remains debated. We explore this question by examining how AI can…

As generative AI (GenAI) increasingly permeates design workflows, its impact on design outcomes and designers' creative capabilities warrants investigation. We conducted a within-subjects experiment where we asked participants to design…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Yue Fu , Han Bin , Tony Zhou , Marx Wang , Yixin Chen , Zelia Gomes Da Costa Lai , Jacob O. Wobbrock , Alexis Hiniker

The designers' tendency to adhere to a specific mental set and heavy emotional investment in their initial ideas often hinder their ability to innovate during the design thinking and ideation process. In the fashion industry, in particular,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Chenxi Yuan , Mohsen Moghaddam

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso. For centuries, humans have dedicated themselves to producing arts to convey their imagination. The advancement in technology and deep learning in particular, has caught…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Sakib Shahriar

Evolutionary search has been extensively used to generate artistic images. Raw images have high dimensionality which makes a direct search for an image challenging. In previous work this problem has been addressed by using compact symbolic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-16 Aneta Neumann , Christo Pyromallis , Bradley Alexander

Design inspiration is crucial for establishing the direction of a design as well as evoking feelings and conveying meanings during the conceptual design process. Many practice designers use text-based searches on platforms like Pinterest to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Ye Wang , Nicole B. Damen , Thomas Gale , Voho Seo , Hooman Shayani

The rapid progress of generative models, such as GANs and diffusion models, has facilitated the creation of highly realistic images, raising growing concerns over their misuse in security-sensitive domains. While existing detectors perform…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Jiazhen Yan , Fan Wang , Weiwei Jiang , Ziqiang Li , Zhangjie Fu

With the advancement of deep learning, artificial intelligence (AI) has made many breakthroughs in recent years and achieved superhuman performance in various tasks such as object detection, reading comprehension, and video games.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Jinggang Zhuo , Ling Fan , Harry Jiannan Wang

Creative generation is the synthesis of new, surprising, and valuable samples that reflect user intent yet cannot be envisioned in advance. This task aims to extend human imagination, enabling the discovery of visual concepts that exist in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Shelly Golan , Yotam Nitzan , Zongze Wu , Or Patashnik

Generative networks are fundamentally different in their aim and methods compared to CNNs for classification, segmentation, or object detection. They have initially not been meant to be an image analysis tool, but to produce naturally…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-11 Markus Wenzel

Generative AI is quickly becoming an integral part of people's everyday workflows. Early evidence has shown that while generative AI can increase individual-level productivity, it does so at the cost of collective diversity, potentially…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Nathanael Jo , Manish Raghavan

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular generative models, are transformative tools for knowledge work. They problematise notions of creativity, originality, plagiarism, the attribution of credit, and copyright ownership. Critics of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-07-21 Advait Sarkar

In creative design, where aesthetics play a crucial role in determining the quality of outcomes, there are often multiple worthwhile possibilities, rather than a single ``best'' design. This challenge is compounded in the use of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Jon McCormack , Camilo Cruz Gambardella , Stephen James Krol