{"title":"Reply to: ChatGPT decreases idea diversity in brainstorming","authors":"Byung Cheol Lee, Jaeyeon ‘Jae’ Chung","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02195-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><span>replying to</span> L. Meincke et al. <i>Nature Human Behaviour</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02173-x (2025)</p><p>We appreciate the thoughtful commentary from Meincke et al.<sup>1</sup> and are pleased that our open data practices are contributing to the dialogue about ChatGPT’s impact on creativity. Our paper<sup>2</sup> evaluated ChatGPT’s potential to assist individuals in solving problems requiring creativity. After analysing our publicly available data, Meincke et al. affirmed our finding that ChatGPT has a positive impact on individual creativity; that is, ChatGPT effectively combines disparate concepts into a cohesive response, leading to more creative solutions. Meincke et al. expanded on our inquiry by taking a group-level lens to the data. They found that the pool of ChatGPT-assisted responses exhibits lower diversity, concluding that the collective use of ChatGPT may undermine “effective brainstorming”.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Human Behaviour","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02195-5","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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replying to L. Meincke et al. Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02173-x (2025)
We appreciate the thoughtful commentary from Meincke et al.1 and are pleased that our open data practices are contributing to the dialogue about ChatGPT’s impact on creativity. Our paper2 evaluated ChatGPT’s potential to assist individuals in solving problems requiring creativity. After analysing our publicly available data, Meincke et al. affirmed our finding that ChatGPT has a positive impact on individual creativity; that is, ChatGPT effectively combines disparate concepts into a cohesive response, leading to more creative solutions. Meincke et al. expanded on our inquiry by taking a group-level lens to the data. They found that the pool of ChatGPT-assisted responses exhibits lower diversity, concluding that the collective use of ChatGPT may undermine “effective brainstorming”.
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Nature Human Behaviour is a journal that focuses on publishing research of outstanding significance into any aspect of human behavior.The research can cover various areas such as psychological, biological, and social bases of human behavior.It also includes the study of origins, development, and disorders related to human behavior.The primary aim of the journal is to increase the visibility of research in the field and enhance its societal reach and impact.