Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Smart Technologies are rapidly transforming industries, yet their impact on human creativity remains under-explored. This paper introduces Adaptive Creative Intelligence (ACI) — a new paradigm where AI complements, extends, and catalyzes human creativity across domains. We examine how emerging AI architectures, multimodal generation, and real-time human-machine co-creation platforms are redefining creative processes in art, science, design, and education. Combining theoretical frameworks with emerging AI models, the study offers an integrative model that moves beyond augmentation toward creative collaboration, while addressing ethical, cultural, and cognitive implications. References from current research and industry innovations support our claims, while new predictions suggest directions for the future of creativity.
Hemali Mehul Karolia (Mon,) studied this question.