Generative AI tools for creative work tend to be designed around the goal of removing friction, on the assumption that smoother iteration and faster output translate into more value for the designer. We argue, however, that this framing leaves out something important about how design ideation works, namely reflection-in-action.
arXiv:2607. 07521v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI agents that generate final answers based on user input often do not meet the needs of creative fields.
By Ricardo Maia Avelino, Rita Sevastjanova, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block, Mennatallah El-Assady
AI agents that generate final answers based on user input often do not meet the needs of creative fields. Fields such as structural design and architecture need interactive systems that help users externalise and develop ideas, explore alternatives, and refine partial solutions.
arXiv:2607. 23126v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The rapid adoption of generative AI tools has created new literacy demands for designers who must verbalize tacit knowledge through natural language prompts.
By Daisaku Sato
arXiv:2607. 23126v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative AI design tools make natural-language prompts a starting point for design, placing new articulation demands on designers.
By Daisaku Sato
arXiv:2608. 05545v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative AI used as a capable servant has greatly accelerated intellectual work, but it also risks eroding human epistemic agency by encouraging uncritical acceptance of AI-generated reasoning.
By Riichiro Mizoguchi, Tomoki Aburatani, Kento Koike, Machi Shimmei
arXiv:2608. 14405v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Art style is a signature of professional digital artists that develops through repeated experimentation, reflection, and adaptation.
By Wen-Fan Wang, TsaiHsuan Lin, Chi-Lan Yang, An-Ru Cheng, Bing-Yu Chen
arXiv:2606. 05178v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As AI-driven product development accelerates, the bottleneck is shifting from how we build to what we build.
By Tim Dorn, Saara A. Khan, Julie Mumford
arXiv:2608. 16213v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intelligence is constituted by \textit{process} (iterative activity through which output emerges), not in the output itself.
By Michael J. Richardson, Ayeh Alhasan, Cassandra Crone, M. Paula Diaz Monfort, Patrick Nalepka, Mark Dras, Rachel W. Kallen, David M. Kaplan
arXiv:2607. 20796v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper examines the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be creative, approached from the dual perspective of a researcher trained in electrical engineering, pattern recognition, machine learning, and neural networks, who has also spent most of his life engaged in the arts as actor, stage and film director, writer, composer, and visual artist, and in philosophy.
By Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau
arXiv:2601. 15797v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Many theorists maintain that conscious intentional agency is a necessary condition of creativity.
By James S. Pearson, Matthew J. Dennis, Marc Cheong
arXiv:2606. 31311v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Testing a new visual-analytics idea usually takes months: one needs to find a realistic data set, clean it, and implement an interactive prototype.
By Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko