Computer Aided Creative Thinking Machines (CaXTus): Computation, Creativity, Process Optimization, Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence

This paper presents a test bed for AI technology on the integration and experimentation of creative AI (CAI) in conjunction with hybrid design tools (HDTs), environments (HDTEs) (i.e. webbased), see Fig. 1 (a) and cloud architecture, shown in Fig. 1(b) [1], [2]. The objective is to build, develop and test HDTs as assistive collaborative CAD support systems for design engineering processes (DEPs) and education. For example, in education a paradigmatic shift in the conceptualization of learning and knowledge acquisition is observed. The goal is to find a set of guiding principles, metaphors and ideas that inform the development of CAI imbued with computational support tools, new theories, experiments, and applications. Results and findings are presented of early-stage research.