AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 9h ago6/10
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Individual Gain, Collective Loss: Metacognitive Adaptation in AI-Assisted Creativity
Researchers propose that AI-assisted creativity creates a paradox: while individual creative outputs improve, collective diversity declines. The study identifies selective metacognitive adaptation as the mechanism—AI use amplifies certain cognitive capacities like partner modeling while systematically under-supporting originality evaluation, causing individually rational choices to produce emergent social costs.