As AI writing support becomes ubiquitous, how disclosing its use affects reader perception remains a critical, underexplored question. We conducted a study with 261 participants to examine how revealing varying levels of AI involvement shifts author impressions across six distinct communicative acts. Our analysis of 990 responses shows that disclosure generally erodes perceptions of trustworthiness, caring, competence, and likability, with the sharpest declines in social and interpersonal writing. A thematic analysis of participants' feedback links these negative shifts to a perceived loss of human sincerity, diminished author effort, and the contextual inappropriateness of AI. Conversely, we find that higher AI literacy mitigates these negative perceptions, leading to greater tolerance or even appreciation for AI use. Our results highlight the nuanced social dynamics of AI-mediated authorship and inform design implications for creating transparent, context-sensitive writing systems that better preserve trust and authenticity.
翻译:随着AI写作辅助日益普及,披露其使用如何影响读者感知仍是一个关键且尚未充分探索的问题。我们开展了一项涉及261名参与者的研究,旨在考察揭示不同程度的AI参与如何改变作者在六种不同交际行为中的印象。通过对990份反馈的分析,我们发现披露行为普遍削弱了读者对作者可信度、关怀度、能力及亲和力的感知,其中社交与人际写作领域的下降最为显著。对参与者反馈的主题分析表明,这些负面转变与感知到的人类真诚度缺失、作者努力程度降低以及AI在特定语境中的不适用性相关。相反,我们发现较高的AI素养能缓解这些负面感知,使参与者对AI使用表现出更大的包容度甚至欣赏态度。本研究结果揭示了AI中介作者身份的微妙社会动态,并为设计透明、语境敏感的写作系统提供了启示,以更好地维护信任与真实性。