Archive · 25 Nov 2025
AI Limited to Average Creativity: Study
A new study says that AI, like ChatGPT, can't be as creative as humans.
The study was done by a professor who looked at how AI makes things like stories and ideas.
AI learns from lots of examples and tries to guess what comes next, like predicting the next word in a sentence.
This makes AI's work seem creative, but it's actually just following patterns it has learned.
The study found that AI's work is about as good as an average person's, but not as good as experts.
AI can't make really new and amazing ideas because it doesn't think like humans do.
The professor says that for AI to be as creative as humans, it would need to be completely different from how it works now.
AI creativity is limited to amateur-level due to reliance on learned patterns.
AI-generated content ranks between the 40th and 50th percentile compared to human work.
True high-level creativity requires unique and highly effective ideas, which AI cannot produce.
The study acknowledges limitations, including simplified assumptions and standard AI settings.
Future research may explore adjusting AI parameters to expand its creative potential.
- Who
- Professor David H Cropley from the University of South Australia
- What
- A study on AI creativity limitations
- When
- Published in the Journal of Creative Behaviour
- Where
- University of South Australia
- Why
- To evaluate AI's creative capabilities
- Study Source
- Journal of Creative Behaviour
- Researcher
- Professor David H Cropley
- AI Creativity Level
- Amateur-level
- AI Performance Ranking
- 40th to 50th percentile
- AI Limitation
- Relies on learned patterns
- Study Limitation
- Simplified mathematical assumptions