The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem-Solving

The authors extend their gratitude to Justin Ho, Stella Jia, and Kate Powell for their invaluable research assistance. The authors’ work has been significantly enriched by the insightful comments and feedback from Charles Ayoubi, Nathan Rietzler, and seminar participants at various institutions, including the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), University of Washington Foster School of Business, GenAI Lab at the Professorship of Digital Marketing at the TUM School of Management, University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, MIT Sloan, Questrom School of Business Online Research on Digital Businesses, and Harvard human-computer interaction groups. The authors are profoundly grateful to editor-in-chief Lamar Pierce for his exceptional guidance and support throughout the review process. His leadership and insights have been instrumental in elevating the quality of their work. The authors also extend their sincere appreciation to the three anonymous reviewers whose constructive feedback and thoughtful suggestions have substantially improved their manuscript. The authors acknowledge the use of GPT-4 and Claude-3 for writing assistance. Any remaining errors are the authors’ own responsibility.

Léonard Boussioux and Jacqueline N. Lane share co-first authorship.