An empirical investigation of the impact of ChatGPT on creativity
Adults / lifelong learning Creativity AI and learning
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Limits (1)
| Claim | Basis |
|---|---|
| C2 | Adults: ideas produced with ChatGPT rated more creative than with Google or no tool (incremental more than radical). With-tool outcome, so it does not test C2. Abstract only; a 2025 Matters Arising exists. |
Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.
Source note
Syntes: Lee (2024): ideas made with ChatGPT were rated more creative than with Google or no tool, mainly incrementally new
Källa: Lee, B. C.; Chung, J. (J.) (2024). An empirical investigation of the impact of ChatGPT on creativity. Nature Human Behaviour 8(10), 1906–1914. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01953-1
Verified content (abstract (publisher page); full text not read. A Matters Arising on this article was published 2025-05-14 (not read), checked 2026-10-14)
- Design (abstract): five experiments, adults, practical idea tasks (gift, toy, repurposing items, dining-table design).
- Findings (abstract): ChatGPT raised rated creativity of ideas vs no technology or Google; robust across constraint levels; most effective for incremental rather than radical novelty.
- Limits: adults; product made with the tool; a published Matters Arising (2025) disputes aspects of the article and was not read here.
Why it is in the library
Added in a targeted search for studies that measure creativity directly (theme: kreativitet), for Jonatan's lecture on creativity, AI and learning.
Metadata as recorded
- ID
- CRE-004
- Tier
- RCT
- Creativity measured directly
- yes
- Titel
- An empirical investigation of the impact of ChatGPT on creativity
- Författare
- Lee, B. C.; Chung, J. (J.)
- År
- 2024 (Nature Human Behaviour 8(10), 1906–1914)
- Källa/DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01953-1
- URL
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01953-1
- Typ
- five experiments: adults generated ideas for everyday and innovation problems with ChatGPT (GPT-3.5), with web search, or with no technology
- Åldersgrupp
- vuxen-livslangt
- Teman
- kreativitet;ai-och-larande
- Hämtad
- 2026-10-14
- Read
- abstract (publisher page); full text not read. A Matters Arising on this article was published 2025-05-14 (not read)
- Tillagd
- creativity search 2026-10-14 (requested by Jonatan via Noll); links pending human review
The original files (PDF or abstract) are kept in the project archive and are not published here.