[research] Creativity and CSTs

These findings suggest that a reflective ap-proach toward the use of GenAI tools, which can lead to what prior work refers to as “pathways to non-reliance on AI” [ 20 ], is more likely to occur when knowledge workers have more confidence in doing the task without AI, or in evaluating AI responses. Our qualitative analysis (see Section 4.3) finds th... See more

The core of the problem is a simple disconnect: insofar as software presents impediments to a user seeing like a designer, software compels a designer to reason like a user. Put another way: because computers cannot see the way we see, they cannot help us to reason the way we wish to reason

One significant tension is between viewing uncertainty as a problem to solve versus a creative impetus or a source of reflexivity

While critical thinking may not be necessary for low-stakes tasks, it is risky for users to only apply critical thinking in high-stakes situations. Without regular practice in common and/or low-stakes scenarios, cognitive abilities can deteriorate over time [ 5 ], and thus create risks if high-stakes scenarios are the only opportunities available f... See more

Designers must articulate their ideas, to themselves or others, or synthesize larger concepts, based on their collected material and experience [27]. This sense-making process is crucial for reflection on new concepts

1) a higher confidence in GenAI is associated with less critical thinking even though it is perceived as less effort to do so , and 2) a higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking even though it is perceived as more effort to do so .

The aims are both to improve the quality of AI-assisted tasks and also to empower users to de-velop their skills and maintain a balanced “relationship” with AI. To address task confidence recalibration, AI tools could incorpo-rate feedback mechanisms that help users gauge the reliability of AI outputs, when to trust the AI and when to apply their c... See more

Knowledge workers also discussed how pri-oritising critical thinking in their work might be misaligned with their overall task motivations or job objectives. For example, par-ticipants discussed a lack of time (44/319) for critical thinking at work.

P24 described several phases of image generation prompting, saying “Image generation requires more effort for everything except the actual image generation. I have to think of what I want to be drawn, then on how the AI wants it described, then correct it when it makes wacky outputs.”