Generative AI Helps Creativity But Hurts Originality, Study Says
AI was found to enhance the creative process and improve the quality of writing, but the resulting stories were more similar to each other.
Writers are finding AI useful in coming up with story ideas, sparking creativity, and making content more engaging and professional. However, overuse of the technology may increase the risks of constraining the diversity of collective creative output, according to a new study. In other words, AI could make writing less diverse.
“Generative AI–enabled stories are more similar to each other than stories by humans alone,” the study said. “These results point to an increase in individual creativity at the risk of losing collective novelty.