7 Ways AI Enhances Creative Problem-Solving & Decision Making
Explore how AI enhances creative problem-solving through data analysis, collaboration, and personalized learning, transforming decision-making processes.
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I’m starting with this article because it does something rare:
it talks about AI in creative work without either mystifying it or panicking about it.

The piece walks through several ways AI can support creative problem-solving, from idea generation and pattern recognition to iteration and reframing. None of this is particularly shocking if you’ve used these tools for a while, but that’s actually the point.

What I like here is the framing: AI as a cognitive amplifier, not a replacement brain.

Most of the examples map cleanly to what I see in real creative workflows:

  • using AI to escape local minima
  • generating alternatives you wouldn’t have considered
  • speeding up exploration so more time is spent on judgment and refinement

That last part matters more than it sounds.

Creativity, in practice, is rarely about “having ideas.” It’s about choosing, shaping, and connecting ideas under constraints. AI is decent at widening the field. It’s still incapable of knowing what matters! Which is where human taste, context, and responsibility remain unavoidable.

The article is also optimistic in a way I don’t mind:
not “this will save us,” but “this can be useful if handled well.”

What it mostly doesn’t address, and what I’ll keep circling back to on this site, is what happens when these tools become default infrastructure rather than optional helpers:

  • How does creative skill change when ideation becomes cheap?
  • What do we risk outsourcing too early?
  • Where does friction still matter?

Those questions don’t invalidate the article. They extend it.