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Lav R. Varshney

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arxivcs.HC2026-07-08

Two-player Alternate Uses Test: A Controlled Testbed for Interactive Human-AI and Human-Human Co-Creation

Babak Hemmatian, Anita Keshmirian, Yijun Lin, Shravan Ramamoorthy, Maryam Jahadakbar, Eli Khuri-Reid, et al.

Controlled research on AI ideation typically compares independent agents, while field studies of human-AI collaboration sacrifice experimental control. We introduce a controlled, two-player extension of the Alternate Uses Test (AUT) that enables comparison of human-human and huma…

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arxivcs.AIcs.LG2026-07-01

CreativityNeuro: Steering Language Model Weights to Improve Divergent Thinking and Reduce Mode Collapse

Samuel Schapiro, Core Francisco Park, Felix Sosa, Lav R. Varshney

Divergent thinking is a crucial aspect of creativity, yet large language models (LLMs) tend to consistently generate similar responses to open-ended questions, in what has been termed the artificial hivemind effect. Here, we introduce CreativityNeuro, a data-free method for enhan…

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