3 papers
cs.AI2026
Assessing the Creativity of Large Language Models: Testing, Limits, and New Frontiers
Samuel Schapiro, Alexi Gladstone, Jonah Black +1
Measuring the creativity of large language models (LLMs) is essential for designing methods that can improve creativity and for enhancing our scientific understanding of this abili…
cs.AI2025
Measuring Combinatorial Creativity in Large Language Models and Humans
Samuel Schapiro, Sumuk Shashidhar, Akshay K. Jagadish +11
Combinatorial creativity, the process of combining familiar ideas in unfamiliar ways, is one of the foremost engines of scientific, technological, and artistic progress. This work…
cs.AI2025
Transformational Creativity in Science: A Graphical Theory
Samuel Schapiro, Jonah Black, Lav R. Varshney
Creative processes are typically divided into three types: combinatorial, exploratory, and transformational. Here, we provide a graphical theory of transformational scientific crea…