In a study of 1,682 adults, readers often couldn't tell if a story was written by ChatGPT or a human
AI-generated stories rated higher quality than human-written ones, study finds
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In a study published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making, 1,682 adults were asked to read one of six short stories, three of which were written by humans and three by ChatGPT. Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete From Homer’s Odyssey to Agatha Christie’s crime fiction, humans have produced plenty of tales to grace the bookshelf. Each AI story had a similar theme to one of the human-authored works.
Furthermore, In one part of the experiment, participants were only able to guess which stories were written by a bot 39.9 per cent of the time. In another, their success rate was 52 per cent, effectively no better than chance.
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In a study published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making, 1,682 adults were asked to read one of six short stories, three of which were written by humans and three by ChatGPT.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesResearcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete From Homer’s Odyssey to Agatha Christie’s crime fiction, humans have produced plenty of tales to grace the bookshelf.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesEach AI story had a similar theme to one of the human-authored works.
reliability moderate2/2 sources
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In one part of the experiment, participants were only able to guess which stories were written by a bot 39.9 per cent of the time.
according to Daily Mail +1In another, their success rate was 52 per cent, effectively no better than chance.
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In a study published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making, 1,682 adults were asked to read one of six short stories, three of which...
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideResearcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete From Homer’s Odyssey...
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideEach AI story had a similar theme to one of the human-authored works.
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