Ever wondered if GPT could "out-creativity" you?

published on 19 May 2024
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๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ "๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜-๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†" ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?
Well, some researchers at The Wharton School had the same question and decided to put GPT-4 to the test against MBA students in a brainstorming showdown.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: generate diverse, innovative ideas for new products targeting college students, under $50.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: the researchers played around with prompts, trying everything from minimal guidance to Chain of Thought (CoT) instructions and even asking GPT-4 to channel its inner Steve Jobs.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜: Without clever prompting, GPT-4's ideas tended to be more of the same flavor. But with some strategic nudgingโ€”especially the CoT approachโ€”the AI's idea diversity got impressively close to human levels.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: AI can be a powerhouse for tactical work, but it still needs that human spark to guide it towards true innovation.

Do you think that in the near future AI will make us obsolete also in terms of creativity?
Link to the full study - https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/

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