AI Receives Top Marks in General Test of Creative Abilities

AI Receives Top Marks , in General Test , of Creative Abilities.
PsyPost reports that the use of artificial intelligence
for creative endeavors continues to expand
with AI tools winning awards for their creations. .
The outlet called on researchers to administer
the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, or TTCT,
and assess AI's current creative abilities. .
The outlet called on researchers to administer
the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, or TTCT,
and assess AI's current creative abilities. .
The test is used to assess the general
creative abilities of individuals, often
known as someone's personal creativity. .
The AI's results were evaluated by the Scholastic Testing
Service, which did not know in advance that some of the
tests it would be scoring were completed by an AI. .
According to PsyPost's results, GPT-4 scored in the top 1%
of test-takers for originality, which may be the first time
that AI has met or exceeded human ability for creativity.
In 1956, the Dartmouth Summer Research Project
on Artificial Intelligence proposed
its desire for AI to simulate , "every aspect of learning any
other feature of intelligence.".
In that 1956 proposal, computer scientist Nathaniel Rochester
posed a question which stood at the center of his motivation: , “How can I make a machine which will
exhibit originality in its solution of problems?”.
PsyPost points out that AI's founders suggested
that creativity was among the types of human
intelligence that machines could successfully emulate. .
Some critics remain skeptical
of the term "creativity" being applied
to nonhuman entities like AI.
Cognitive scientist Margaret Boden argues
that the term "creativity" being applied to AI is
a philosophical question rather than a scientific one.
Cognitive scientist Margaret Boden argues
that the term "creativity" being applied to AI is
a philosophical question rather than a scientific one