Is AI More Creative Than Humans?

"The persistent gap between the best-performing humans and even the most advanced LLMs indicates that the most demanding creative roles in industry are unlikely to be supplanted by current artificial intelligence systems," wrote AI deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio, along with the study's co-first authors Antoine Bellemare-Pépin and François Lespinasse, and co-authors Philipp Thölke, Yann Harel, Kory Mathewson, Jay A. Olson, and Karim Jerbi, who led the study."

"The creative economy accounts for roughly 4% of the U.S. gross domestic product or an estimated USD 1.2 trillion in 2023, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. Approximately 500 million jobs globally are in the creative economy according to United Nations estimates. Creativity is essential for many industries such as digital media, information technology, publishing, music, performing arts, advertising, marketing, film, television, radio,"

"Years before the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT was released to the public by OpenAI in November 2022, futurists posited that the industry areas where AI would be adopted initially would be in professions where the jobs are repetitive, predictable, and rote. Look at any list prior to 2022, and the jobs that would be considered safe included many professions in the creative industry. Fast forward to 2026, and it seems like AI is a looming threat to many creative professions as well."

AI already surpasses the average human on measures of creativity while still failing to match the most creative humans. A persistent performance gap between top human creators and advanced LLMs suggests that the most demanding creative industry roles are unlikely to be fully replaced by current AI systems. The creative economy represented roughly 4% of U.S. GDP (about USD 1.2 trillion) in 2023 and encompasses roughly 500 million jobs worldwide. Creativity supports industries such as digital media, IT, publishing, music, advertising, film, design, video games, visual arts, fashion, architecture, dance, and culinary arts. AI and automation are rapidly transforming these sectors and pose growing risks and opportunities for creative professions by 2026.

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