This editorial explores the transformative role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in augmenting human creativity and catalyzing cognitive evolution. Tracing its historical lineage from symbolic AI to transformer-based architectures, this editorial argues that generative AI is not merely a computational tool but a cognitive partner that reshapes our understanding of creativity, perception, and epistemology. The phenomenon of AI hallucination—often dismissed as error—is reframed as a window into the dynamics of both artificial and human cognition. Through technical and philosophical analysis, the paper discusses generative AI’s impact on fields ranging from art and architecture... More >