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Depending on your field of interest, you might also find these papers relevant:
: A health services research paper that discusses how innovation is often born out of necessity when standard scientific methods face real-world policy and budget constraints. MacGyver
: While LLMs can suggest a wide variety of solutions, they still lack the practical "physical reasoning" and planning that humans use to solve messy, constrained problems. Other "MacGyver" Papers Depending on your field of interest, you might
: A study published in Journal of Business Venturing that explores "MacGyverism" as a method for entrepreneurs to create value under extreme uncertainty. : Excel at familiar tasks but struggle with
: Excel at familiar tasks but struggle with specialized, domain-specific problems.
: A framework proposed to evaluate a robot's ability to use its environment creatively to solve problems in "open worlds".
The paper investigates whether modern Artificial Intelligence can match the "out-of-the-box" resourcefulness of the 1980s TV character Angus MacGyver. Key Findings of the Study

