Creativity in the age of AI: the human condition and the limits of machine generation
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Creative acts emerge through situated engagement with materials, constraints, and failure, rather than through abstract recombination alone.
“From this perspective, creative acts emerge through situated engagement with materials, constraints, and failure, rather than through abstract recombination alone.”
From AI-assisted design synthesis and human creativity in engineering education (2026) · cites this paper as Lockhart (2025)
Creativity is not reducible to the generation of novel outputs but is fundamentally grounded in lived experience, embodied understanding, and moral agency.
“Lockhart (2025) argues that creativity is not reducible to the generation of novel outputs but is fundamentally grounded in lived experience, embodied understanding, and moral agency.”
From AI-assisted design synthesis and human creativity in engineering education (2026) · cites this paper as Lockhart (2025)
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- Authors
- Lockhart, E. N. S.
- Corresponding author
- Lockhart, Ezra N. S.
- ORCID
- Lockhart, Ezra N. S.
- Venue
- Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 83-88
- ISSN
- 2520-100X (ISSN-L)
- 2520-1018
- OpenAlex
- W4405243932
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 15
- FWCI
- 16.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Keywords
- human creativity, artificial intelligence, large language models, embodied cognition, algorithm aversion, human authenticity, Rollo May, Judith Butler, Kimberlé Crenshaw, bell hooks, courage, performativity, intersectionality, emotional intelligence, human identity, human-AI collaboration
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