  Creativity Support Tools (CST) aim to enhance human creativity, but the
deeply personal and subjective nature of creativity makes the design of
universal support tools challenging. Individuals develop personal approaches to
creativity, particularly in the context of commercial design where signature
styles and techniques are valuable commodities. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and Machine Learning (ML) techniques could provide a means of creating
'intelligent' CST which learn and adapt to personal styles of creativity.
Identifying what kind of role such tools could play in the design process
requires a better understanding of designers' attitudes towards working with
AI, and their willingness to include it in their personal creative process.
This paper details the results of a survey of professional designers which
indicates a positive and pragmatic attitude towards collaborating with AI
tools, and a particular opportunity for incorporating them in the research
stages of a design project.
