Integration of Information Retrieval in Creativity Support: A Prototype to Support Divergent Thinking

Siemon, Dominik; Robra-Bissantz, Susanne

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06701-8_31

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“…Recent studies approach the potential of information technology in the field of creativity. These systems are designed to stimulate and support creativity up to a point where the system itself is capable of humanlevel creativity [13,14,24,70,71]. Overall it can be said, that the potential of IT is not yet fully exhausted and future research can foster the role of automation in creativity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Semi-Automated Questions as a Cognitive Stimulus in Idea Generation

Siemon

Rarog

Robra-Bissantz

2016

2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

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Creativity is the source for innovation and is responsible for ongoing and sustainable progress within companies. Over the years, different theories and practices have been established to enhance creativity and to produce innovative ideas. A number of creativity support systems have been designed, implemented and tested to foster and optimize creativity processes. However, the full potential of information technology has not yet been fully exhausted. For this research we have implemented an innovative creativity support system, which stimulates a user during the stage of idea generation. The system semi-automatically generates external stimuli in the form of questions that represent the core issues of a task. The experiment we conducted shows, that individuals, who are exposed to the semiautomated questions produce better and more versatile ideas than individuals that are not exposed to the semi-automated questions. Our findings endorse the use of novel algorithms for creativity support systems.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Semi-Automated Questions as a Cognitive Stimulus in Idea Generation

Siemon

Rarog

Robra-Bissantz

2016

2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

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“…The main focus of this research was to support the idea generator during the divergent thinking stage. The goal was to stimulate cognitive processes by giving related, relevant, inspiring and supporting content to the idea generator [37]. However, in this paper we focus on social processes taking place during the interaction with an AI-like system.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another aspect of AI is the ability to learn, plan and reason during the whole supporting stage [37]. A learning AI ensures a closer interaction with the idea generator and can better react to the input by the individual.…”

Section: Artificial Intelligence In Creativity Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracking Down the Negative Group Creativity Effects with the Help of an Artificial Intelligence-Like Support System

Siemon

Eckardt

Robra-Bissantz

2015

2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Creativity has been addressed in a variety of research studies, with interest focusing on both individual and group creativity. In our research, we outline current studies analyzing the negative effects, which can arise when working collectively. Based on the design science research method, we developed an artifact, in order to prevent individuals from being negatively influenced by others. Our prototype implements an artificial intelligence-like system, which tries to act in a human manner and aims to support the user when he or she is working independently. In a field experiment, we evaluated the positive influence and negative effects, i.e. social loafing and free-riding phenomena, during the idea generation stage. The results show that no social loafing effects appear while interacting with our artificial intelligence support system. However, the benefits of a group process were still experienced by the participants.

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