BenchmarkAugust 8, 20261 min read
AI-Generated Fiction Outshines Human Writers, But Only in Secret
A recent study found that readers prefer AI-generated short stories over those written by humans, but only when they don't know a machine is the author. This preference disappears when the truth is revealed, highlighting a significant bias against AI-created content.
People can't tell ChatGPT-generated short stories from human-written ones, according to a new study. More than 2,500 participants performed no better than chance. The AI-generated texts were actually rated higher, but scores dropped as soon as participants learned a machine wrote them. The article Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them appeared first on The Decoder.