cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1311057/people-prefer-stories-written-by-ai-especially-when-told-theyre-written-by-a-human
People gave the highest ratings to stories generated by AI that they were told had been written by a human, and were unable to tell the difference between human- and AI-created stories, according to new research published by Cambridge University Press.
Why? What harms come from the AI generated stories to their readers?
Did you read the stories?
Considering you immediately down voted my comment, I think it’s fair to ask: is that a genuinely curious question?
The #1 thing I can think of is plagiarism.
AI stories are quite literally unoriginal works generated from original mediums and it’s harmful to all authors worldwide.
AI-giarism is still plagiarism.
https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive/plagiarism-copyright-and-ai
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/ai-companies-buying-used-books-for-data/688167/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096751625000806