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48 results for creative problem solving

Much work has been done in understanding human creativity and defining measures to evaluate creativity. This is necessary mainly for the reason of having an objective and automatic way of quantifying creative artifacts. In this work, we propose a regression-based learning framework which takes into account quantitative…

2017-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning model for AI co-creativity boosts design creativity.

problem Design creativity enhancement through AI collaboration.
method Novelty metric applied to deep learning-generated vector representations for conceptual shifts in a co-creative design system.
result Increasing novelty in AI contributions correlates with higher creative outcomes in design.

Paper proposes a new ML framework to enhance creativity in music generation.

problem Current generative models struggle to produce music outside their training dataset.
method Develops a new ML objective to address creativity limitations.
result Proposed framework could improve generative models' creativity.

Adaptive algorithm for online evaluation of targeted audiences in advertising.

problem Determining the right match between advertising creatives and target audiences.
method Contextual bandit approach to address audience overlap and learn optimal display policies.
result The proposed method is more efficient than traditional split-testing methods.

Paper explores how generative models can be made more creative.

problem Limitation of generative models in diverging from original data distribution.
method Proposes a novel training objective called Bounded Adversarial Divergence (BAD) to enable creative divergence.
result Preliminary results suggest BAD can enable creative divergence in generative models.

Theory explains creativity in diffusion models generating novel images.

problem Diffusion models generate highly original images far from training data.
method Identified locality and equivariance as inductive biases to prevent optimal score-matching.
result Analytic models predict diffusion model outputs with high accuracy.

Human inertial thinking schemes can be formed through learning, which are then applied to quickly solve similar problems later. However, when problems are significantly different, inertial thinking generally presents the solutions that are definitely imperfect. In such cases, people will apply creative thinking, such a…

2018-03-01abs ↗pdf ↗

A deep learning approach generates math word problems in multiple languages.

problem Template-based mechanisms for generating mathematical word problems lack customizability and creativity.
method Character Level Long Short Term Memory Network (LSTM) and POS tags are used to generate and resolve constraints in generated problems.
result The approach generates accurate math word problems in English and Sinhala with over 90% accuracy.

Mathematical framework using Riemannian geometry for intelligence and consciousness.

problem Lack of a unified mathematical framework for intelligence and consciousness.
method Conceptualizes intelligence as tokens in a high-dimensional space, using Riemannian geometry to describe structure and dynamics.
result Integrates geometric concepts to offer a unified framework for intelligence and consciousness.

One of the defining characteristics of human creativity is the ability to make conceptual leaps, creating something surprising from typical knowledge. In comparison, deep neural networks often struggle to handle cases outside of their training data, which is especially problematic for problems with limited training dat…

2018-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that world trade network datasets contain empirical evidence that the dynamics of innovation in the world economy follows indeed the concept of creative destruction, as proposed by J.A. Schumpeter more than half a century ago. National economies can be viewed as complex, evolving systems, driven by a stream of …

2011-12-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning models predict which ideas will be innovated based on subjective perspectives.

problem Predicting high-impact innovation based on subjective perspectives and interpersonal innovation opportunities.
method Quantifying subjective perspectives and their interaction based on innovator positions within a geometric space of concepts.
result Subjective perspectives predict which ideas individuals and groups will creatively attend to and successfully combine in the future.

Study copyright's impact on creative industries using AI-generated fonts.

problem Estimating supply and demand in creative industries with AI-generated content.
method Neural network embeddings, spatial regression, event-study analyses, structural model of supply and demand.
result Copyright can raise consumer welfare by encouraging product relocation.

New method reduces memorization in diffusion models without sacrificing image quality.

problem Diffusion models often memorize training data, especially with small datasets.
method Train models using noisy data at large noise scales to reduce memorization.
result Significant reduction in memorization without compromising image quality.

Can an algorithm create original and compelling fashion designs to serve as an inspirational assistant? To help answer this question, we design and investigate different image generation models associated with different loss functions to boost creativity in fashion generation. The dimensions of our explorations include…

2018-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

EC^2-VAE generates music analogies by disentangling pitch and rhythm representations.

problem Disentangling music representations for generating creative analogies.
method Explicitly-constrained variational autoencoder (EC^2-VAE) for disentangling pitch and rhythm representations.
result EC^2-VAE enables the generation of music analogies by borrowing representations from different pieces.

AI enhances financial services but humans are irreplaceable for empathy, presence, and ethics.

problem AI's limitations in financial services, especially with small datasets and human judgment.
method EPOCH framework highlighting five irreplaceable human capabilities: Empathy, Presence, Opinion, Creativity, and Hope.
result Humans are essential for trust, innovation, and consumer experience in financial services.

The purpose of the paper is two-fold: to introduce a multivariable creative telescoping method, and to apply it in a problem of Quantum Topology: namely the computation of the non-commutative AA-polynomial of twist knots. Our multivariable creative telescoping method allows us to compute linear recursions for sums of …

2008-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The investment economy is a main characteristic of prosperous society. The investment portfolio management is a main financial problem, which has to be solved by the investment, commercial and central banks with the application of modern portfolio theory in the investment economy. We use the learning analytics together…

2013-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Diffusion models can memorize training data, limiting their creativity and privacy.

problem Memorization in diffusion models that reproduces training data instead of generating novel outputs.
method Dual-separation approach via statistical estimation and network approximation.
result Pruning-based method reduces memorization while maintaining generation quality.

Boost-and-Skip generates minority samples without guidance, faster and more effectively.

problem Generating minority samples in low-density regions of a data manifold.
method Boost-and-Skip approach with variance-boosted initialization and timestep skipping.
result Boost-and-Skip effectively promotes the emergence of underrepresented minority features.

This paper explores deep learning in music generation, from history to current techniques.

problem Creating music automatically using deep learning.
method Analysis of historical and recent deep learning music generation systems.
result Deep learning can learn musical styles and generate music samples.

Proposes an iterative algorithm for optimizing attention mechanisms in large language models.

problem Optimizing attention mechanisms in large language models.
method Iterative algorithm for rescaled hyperbolic functions regression.
result Efficiency and generalizability of the rescaled softmax regression framework.

Learning to predict multi-label outputs is challenging, but in many problems there is a natural metric on the outputs that can be used to improve predictions. In this paper we develop a loss function for multi-label learning, based on the Wasserstein distance. The Wasserstein distance provides a natural notion of dissi…

2015-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Abstraction and realization are bilateral processes that are key in deriving intelligence and creativity. In many domains, the two processes are approached through rules: high-level principles that reveal invariances within similar yet diverse examples. Under a probabilistic setting for discrete input spaces, we focus …

2017-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

ICLR 2021 challenge in computational geometry and topology attracted 16 teams.

problem Designing and evaluating computational methods in differential geometry and topology.
method Designing and hosting an open-source competition with repositories Geomstats and Giotto-TDA.
result 16 teams participated in the challenge, showcasing innovative contributions to computational geometry and topology.

Transformers learn to generalize unseen tasks by composing self-attention layers.

problem How Transformers generalize to unseen, out-of-distribution tasks.
method Examined synthetic examples and pretrained LLMs, focusing on induction heads and latent subspace.
result Transformers can learn hidden rules for unseen tasks by composing self-attention layers, achieving OOD generalization.

Forward inference techniques such as sequential Monte Carlo and particle Markov chain Monte Carlo for probabilistic programming can be implemented in any programming language by creative use of standardized operating system functionality including processes, forking, mutexes, and shared memory. Exploiting this we have …

2014-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proves impossible for large language models to control hallucinations without sacrificing other properties.

problem Achieving truthful knowledge representation, semantic information conservation, and knowledge-constrained optimality simultaneously in large language models.
method Modeling inference as an auction of ideas, using mechanism design, proper scoring rules, and transformer architecture analysis.
result No LLM can simultaneously achieve all four essential properties without violating at least one.

Novel algorithm estimates local permutations in unlabeled multi-view sensing.

problem Estimating local permutations in unlabeled multi-view sensing.
method Graph alignment and Gromov-Wasserstein alignment exploiting multiple views.
result The proposed algorithm is scalable and applicable to challenging SNR regimes.