Roger Beaty

LLMs still struggle with creativity. How can we make them more creative? Train AI on what people actually consider creative. We built a dataset of 200k+ human creativity ratings and used it to train a model that outperforms GPT-4o on creativity tests. arxiv.org/abs/2505.14442

I enjoyed writing this article with Mathias Benedek, where we imagine the future of creativity testing, building on PISA's 2022 Creative Thinking assessment. We're hoping to turn these ideas into reality in the coming year. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jo…

New paper: AI can generate creative ideas when prompted—but can it actually improve our own creativity? In 2 studies (total N = 36,752), we show AI can enhance human creativity through real-time feedback, helping people better evaluate their own ideas. osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Surprised not to see much psychological research on how AI impacts creativity in kids—does it help or hurt their imagination? Does it make them more or less creative than adults? Maybe I missed it, or it’s still in the works. I know research with kids takes time 😅

A comprehensive and accessible overview of LLMs for psychological assessment journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Really interesting new @gwern essay: LLM Daydreaming - Proposal of how default mode networks for LLMs are an example of missing capabilities for search and novelty Btw, I know it's a bit cringe to delight in, but if you had told 19 year old me that a Gwern essay would open…

Creativity has been linked to better learning—but why? We find that both rely on associative thinking: the ability to form new connections. nature.com/articles/s4153…

Are you an early-career cognitive neuroscientist, looking to contribute to a new line of research? The Frontlab at Paris Brain Institute is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on a state-of-the-art creativity neuroscience project - offres.institutducerveau-icm.org/fr/jobs/1956-75

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

How does the DMN contribute to creativity? Our new review with @Roger_Beaty and Emmanuelle Volle explores 4 novel trends in research: (1) causal links to creative abilities, (2) associative thinking, (3) idea evaluation, and (4) diverse functional integration.

Verrrrry intriguing-looking and labor-intensive test of whether LLMs can come up with good scientific ideas. After implementing those ideas, the verdict seems to be "no, not really."

Happy to have concluded another iteration of our 5-day open LLMs course, together with @ZakASHussain. If you are interested in LLMs for behavioral and social sciences, check out our... Tutorial: doi.org/10.3758/s13428… Open materials: github.com/zak-Hussain/LL…

🤔How accurately do we judge our questions? Our study finds people misjudge their question complexity and creativity, but a brief explanation of question complexity can significantly boost self-assessed accuracy. With the great @yoed_kenett Read more: osf.io/preprints/psya…

Final day of the @nytimeswell week-long #creativity #challenge Ending the run with the most important trait of creative individuals - openness to experience @APADivision10 @tsfnc @CreativityandE @WorldCreativity nytimes.com/interactive/20…

You can make LLMs more creative by training them on human "creativity signals" (novelty, diversity, surprise, quality). Result: Even small models score higher on all 4 creativity dimensions simultaneously. Looks like we can optimize AI for creativity just like any other metric

🚨New paper🚨 Excited to share our latest on @Nature today: The PIVOT PENALTY in research. nature.com/articles/s4158… More than five years in the making. Key finding: The impact of new research steeply declines the further a researcher moves from their previous work.

🚨Check out our recent preprint on human-AI co-creativity in story writing! 🔍🔍🔍We investigate the mechanisms that underlie the outcomes of human-AI co-creativity in a highly naturalistic setting. doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…

Excited to share my research at the upcoming Creativity Research Network (@creativityrn) online event on Thursday, May 15th (1:30 PM, EST)! 📅 Read more on the event and the amazing work done by @creativityrn on their website: creativityresearchnetwork.com/reading-club-m…

⚡️New paper alert! How does aging shape our question-asking and creative abilities? Older adults ask less original questions but outperform at novel uses of everyday objects. Huge thanks to co‑authors @michelethediaz and @yoed_kenett Check it out below👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…