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Assessing artistic creativity has long challenged researchers, with traditional methods proving time-consuming. Recent studies have applied machine learning to evaluate creativity in drawings, but not paintings. Our research addresses this…

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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

Creativity Support Tools (CSTs) are widely used across diverse creative domains, with generative AI recently increasing the abilities of CSTs. To better understand how the success of CSTs is determined in the literature, we conducted a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Samuel Rhys Cox , Helena Bøjer Djernæs , Niels van Berkel

Generative AI (GenAI) has spurred the expectation of being creative, due to its ability to generate content, yet so far, its creativity has somewhat disappointed, because it is trained using existing data following human intentions to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Ming-Hui Huang , Roland T. Rust

Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming the creativity process. However, as presented in this paper, GenAI encounters "narrow creativity" barriers. We observe that both humans and GenAI focus on limited subsets of the design space. We…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Runlin Duan , Shao-Kang Hsia , Yuzhao Chen , Yichen Hu , Ming Yin , Karthik Ramani

A widespread view is that Artificial Intelligence cannot be creative. We tested this assumption by comparing human-generated ideas with those generated by six Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) chatbots: $alpa.\!ai$, $Copy.\!ai$,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-18 Jennifer Haase , Paul H. P. Hanel

Human creativity generates novel ideas to solve real-world problems. This thereby grants us the power to transform the surrounding world and extend our human attributes beyond what is currently possible. Creative ideas are not just new and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-06-21 Georgi V. Georgiev , Danko D. Georgiev

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems capable of generating creative outputs are reshaping our understanding of creativity. This shift presents an opportunity for creativity researchers to reevaluate the key components of the creative…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Jaan Aru

This paper examines the art practices, artwork, and motivations of prolific users of the latest generation of text-to-image models. Through interviews, observations, and a user survey, we present a sampling of the artistic styles and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Minsuk Chang , Stefania Druga , Alex Fiannaca , Pedro Vergani , Chinmay Kulkarni , Carrie Cai , Michael Terry

This paper demonstrates emergence of computational creativity in the field of music. Different aspects of creativity such as producer, process, product and press are studied and formulated. Different notions of computational creativity such…

Sound · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Subodh Deolekar , Siby Abraham

Creativity is individual, and it is social. The social aspects of creativity have become of increasing interest as systems have emerged that mobilize large numbers of people to engage in creative tasks. We examine research related to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-04-19 Lixiu Yu , Jeffrey V. Nickerson , Yasuaki Sakamoto

Can we define what it means to be "creative," and if so, can our definition drive artificial intelligence (AI) systems to feats of creativity indistinguishable from human efforts? This mixed question is considered from technological and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Steven J. Frank

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…

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This paper provides a framework for evaluating creativity in co-creative systems: those that involve computer programs collaborating with human users on creative tasks. We situate co-creative systems within a broader context of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Pegah Karimi , Kazjon Grace , Mary Lou Maher , Nicholas Davis

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

Generative AI models are increasingly being integrated into human task workflows, enabling the production of expressive content across a wide range of contexts. Unlike traditional human-AI design methods, the new approach to designing…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Hari Subramonyam , Divy Thakkar , Andrew Ku , Jürgen Dieber , Anoop Sinha

We propose the following question: what game-like interactive system would provide a good environment for measuring the impact and success of a co-creative, cooperative agent? Creativity is often formulated in terms of novelty, value,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-27 Rodrigo Canaan , Stefan Menzel , Julian Togelius , Andy Nealen

Generative AI's novel capacities raise questions about the future role of human expertise: does AI level the playing field between professional artists and laypeople, or does expertise enhance AI use? Do the cognitive skills experts make…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Thomas F. Eisenmann , Andres Karjus , Mar Canet Sola , Levin Brinkmann , Bramantyo Ibrahim Supriyatno , Iyad Rahwan

In this paper, we map out the landscape of options available to visual artists for creating personal artworks, including crafting, adapting and navigating deep generative models. Following that, we argue for revisiting model crafting,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Ahmed M. Abuzuraiq , Philippe Pasquier

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) is a collection of AI technologies that can generate new information such as texts and images. With its strong capabilities, Generative AI has been actively studied in creative design…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Liuging Chen , Yaxuan Song , Jia Guo , Lingyun Sun , Peter Childs , Yuan Yin