Culture & Human Agency

Collective creativity in hybrid societies

Novelty (single artifacts) and diversity (populations) move in opposite directions under AI ideation; mixed groups can outperform and out-diversify either kind alone - composition decides, not the tool

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Novelty (single artifacts) and diversity (populations) move in opposite directions under AI ideation; mixed groups can outperform and out-diversify either kind alone - composition decides, not the tool

Original source

Title
Collective creativity in hybrid societies
Author
arXiv, Youngblood, Mudd, Anglada-Tort, Jones, Miu, Omigie & Schedel
Publication
arXiv
Date
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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