Researchers compared 22 language models and 102 human participants on three verbal creativity tasks to examine how AI influences creative thinking. Individual models produced original responses, but across models outputs were markedly more similar than human responses, indicating homogenization among AI-generated ideas. Adjusting randomness and prompts partially increased originality but did not resolve the uniformity, suggesting potential limits to AI-assisted brainstorming.

By contrasting human divergent and associative thinking with AI outputs on standard creativity tasks, the study highlights cognitive diversity, originality, and how training data shapes thought. This topic interests psychology because it probes how creativity emerges, the role of context and tools in thought, and the implications for human problem solving when using AI as a brainstorming aid.

Article Title: Scientists tested the creativity of AI models, and the results were surprisingly homogeneous

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/scientists-tested-the-creativity-of-ai-models-and-the-results-were-surprisingly-homogeneous/

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Large-scale comparisons between generative AI and tens of thousands of people illuminate creativity-related processes, a topic of significance for mental health professionals, including psychotherapists, clinical social workers, and other practitioners focusing on creativity, cognition, and expression. The study notes that AI systems such as GPT-4 can perform strongly on originality and idea-generation tasks, sometimes surpassing the average human. Yet the most creative individuals—particularly the top 10%—still exceed AI performance on richer creative work like poetry and storytelling, underscoring the enduring value of nuanced human expression in therapeutic and relational contexts.

Article Title: Researchers tested AI against 100,000 humans on creativity
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What Baking Bread, Knitting, and Coloring Actually Do to Your Brain— Science shows everyday creativity can soothe your nervous system and boost your mood.
Here’s what baking, knitting, and coloring really do to your brain.
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https://notquitesuperhuman.com/2025/11/29/what-baking-bread-knitting-and-coloring-actually-do-to-your-brain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

New Penn State research finds AI doesn't level the creative playing field—it preserves existing gaps. High performers before AI access remain high performers after. Baseline creativity and intelligence explained 40% of AI-assisted output quality.

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https://www.implicator.ai/the-creativity-gap-persists-new-research-challenges-ais-democratization-promise/

Colleagues, what are your favorite mid-to-long form articles and essays about #writing and #creativity

I’m teaching a new upper-level seminar on writing and creativity. We’ll be thinking about topics like process, inspiration, cognition, collaboration, and tech tools (generative AI, but not only that).

Chapters from Anne Lamott’s *Bird by Bird* and Liz Gilbert’s *Big Magic* are already on my radar. What else do you suggest? What authors or creators’ reflections on their own work do you love to read?

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