AI and Creativity

How creative is AI?
Ethan Mollick summarizes the research showing that AI is more creative than humans (though not as good as the most creative people). He recommends prompts that constrain the AI (e.g. limit the number of answers, require it to focus on a particular problem-solving style).

Using ChatGPT for Historical Simulations

The fact that LLMs hallucinate can be used to advantage in many contexts, such as education, where often people learn better by simulating a variety of situations.

Benjamin Breen offers The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines with many examples including links to sessions you can do with ChatGPT.

For example, The Fall of the Ming Dynasty is a history simulation for ChatGPT, where you are given a realistic description of a specific setting and asked to react. Your response leads to the next setting, and so on.

from AI News