People generally appreciate AI-generated content, but only when unaware of its origin. Once disclosed, personal biases, domain context, and demographic factors influence their preferences.
People generally appreciate AI-generated content, but only when unaware of its origin. Once disclosed, personal biases, domain context, and demographic factors influence their preferences.
• Users associate credibility and authenticity more strongly with human authorship, especially in sensitive areas like health or ethics
• The perception shift underscores how trust in content is shaped by perceived authorship, not just textual quality
• Users associate credibility and authenticity more strongly with human authorship, especially in sensitive areas like health or ethics
• The perception shift underscores how trust in content is shaped by perceived authorship, not just textual quality
• Preference for human vs. AI content varies across domains:
- Humanities and Life Sciences: Greater bias toward human authorship when the source is revealed.
- Physical and Social Sciences: Less impact of disclosure on preference.
• Preference for human vs. AI content varies across domains:
- Humanities and Life Sciences: Greater bias toward human authorship when the source is revealed.
- Physical and Social Sciences: Less impact of disclosure on preference.
• women prefer human responses, regardless of source.
• men show bias only if AI origin is disclosed.
• users with programming skills favor human responses when aware it’s AI, likely due to awareness of LLMs’ limitations.
• women prefer human responses, regardless of source.
• men show bias only if AI origin is disclosed.
• users with programming skills favor human responses when aware it’s AI, likely due to awareness of LLMs’ limitations.
• Once users are told that a response is AI-generated, their preference shifts significantly towards human content.
• This demonstrates a bias against AI, driven more by the label than by actual content quality.
• Once users are told that a response is AI-generated, their preference shifts significantly towards human content.
• This demonstrates a bias against AI, driven more by the label than by actual content quality.
• When users don't know the origin of a response, they tend to prefer LLM-generated answers over human-written ones.
• AI responses are often longer, more structured, and more informative, which likely contributes to their appeal.
• When users don't know the origin of a response, they tend to prefer LLM-generated answers over human-written ones.
• AI responses are often longer, more structured, and more informative, which likely contributes to their appeal.