Stephen Downes

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An "emerging body of research suggests that consumers stand to garner enjoyment and value from AI-generated creative goods (only if) they remain unaware that AI was involved in the creation process." The suggestion here (21 page PDF) is that, if people are aware something was created by AI, they value it less. "This AI disclosure penalty is remarkably persistent, holding across the time period of our study; across different evaluation metrics, contexts, and kinds of written content; and across interventions derived from prior research aimed at moderating the effect." What interests me is whether this effect will persist over time, or whether it is a product of a population to which AI is brand new, and not part of the background environment. Via Jonathan Boymal.

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