CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS article
Front. Artif. Intell.
Sec. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Volume 8 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frai.2025.1579704
This article is part of the Research TopicCausal Cognition in Humans and Machines - Volume IIView all 4 articles
Irrationality in Humans & Creativity in AI
Provisionally accepted
- Vrije University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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This manuscript explores how human irrationality in decision-making can contribute to artificial intelligence (AI) development, particularly in the domain of creativity. While irrational behavior is typically seen as a cognitive flaw, we argue that certain forms of irrationality, such as those demonstrated by the conjunction fallacy (CF), may represent context-sensitive reasoning that reveals creative problem-solving. Traditional AI research has primarily focused on rational, logic-driven models, overlooking the productive role of non-linear and seemingly illogical human thinking in generating novel insights. Drawing on interdisciplinary insights and recent neuroscientific findings, particularly the interaction of the Default Mode, Executive Control, and Salience Networks, we propose a model that integrates both rational and irrational cognitive dynamics. This framework may inform the design of AI systems that are more adaptive, context-aware, and capable of emulating human-like creativity.
Keywords: irrationality 1, decision-making 2, creativity 3, artificial intelligence 4, conjunction fallacy 5, methodological fallacy 6, cognition 7
Received: 20 Feb 2025; Accepted: 03 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Olha Sobetska, Vrije University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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