Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the mean and max semantic distance and subjective ratings of creativity for artificial intelligence (AI) and human participants averaged across all responses to the object probes.

From: Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task

Ā 

Group

Mean semantic distance

Max semantic distance

Mean subjective rating

Max subjective rating

Na

AI

33

33

33

33

Human

256

256

256

256

Mean

AI

0.95

1.01

2.91

3.61

Human

0.91

0.98

2.47

3.18

95% CI

AI

[0.94, 0.96]

[1.00, 1.02]

[2.77, 3.05]

[3.45, 3.77]

Human

[0.90, 0.91]

[0.97, 0.99]

[2.41, 2.53]

[3.12, 3.25]

SD

AI

0.03

0.036

0.39

0.45

Human

0.06

0.053

0.47

0.53

Min

AI

0.90

0.90

2.21

2.71

Human

0.69

0.69

1.00

1.00

Max

AI

1.01

1.04

3.69

4.63

Human

1.03

1.06

3.56

4.25

  1. Theoretically the semantic distance may vary between 0 and 2, with higher scores indicating higher distance. The subjective ratings of creativity were made on 5-point scale (1 = not at all, 5 = very).
  2. aN for AI refers to the number of test sessions.