AI is now more creative than the average human

Are generative artificial intelligence Are systems like ChatGPT capable of real creativity? A new large-scale study led by Professor Karim Jerbi from the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal sought to answer this question. The research team also included Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI pioneer and professor at the Université de Montréal. Together they conducted the most comprehensive comparison to date between human creativity and the creative abilities of large language models.

The results, published in Scientific reportsindicate a major change. Generative AI systems have now reached a level where they can outperform the average human on certain measures of creativity. At the same time, the study makes it clear that most…