The Value, Benefits, and Concerns of Generative AI-Powered Assistance in Writing
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| author | Li, Zhuoyan Liang, Chen Peng, Jing Yin, Ming |
| author_facet | Li, Zhuoyan Liang, Chen Peng, Jing Yin, Ming |
| contents | Recent advances in generative AI technologies like large language models raise both excitement and concerns about the future of human-AI co-creation in writing. To unpack people's attitude towards and experience with generative AI-powered writing assistants, in this paper, we conduct an experiment to understand whether and how much value people attach to AI assistance, and how the incorporation of AI assistance in writing workflows changes people's writing perceptions and performance. Our results suggest that people are willing to forgo financial payments to receive writing assistance from AI, especially if AI can provide direct content generation assistance and the writing task is highly creative. Generative AI-powered assistance is found to offer benefits in increasing people's productivity and confidence in writing. However, direct content generation assistance offered by AI also comes with risks, including decreasing people's sense of accountability and diversity in writing. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings. |
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| spellingShingle | The Value, Benefits, and Concerns of Generative AI-Powered Assistance in Writing Li, Zhuoyan Liang, Chen Peng, Jing Yin, Ming Human-Computer Interaction Recent advances in generative AI technologies like large language models raise both excitement and concerns about the future of human-AI co-creation in writing. To unpack people's attitude towards and experience with generative AI-powered writing assistants, in this paper, we conduct an experiment to understand whether and how much value people attach to AI assistance, and how the incorporation of AI assistance in writing workflows changes people's writing perceptions and performance. Our results suggest that people are willing to forgo financial payments to receive writing assistance from AI, especially if AI can provide direct content generation assistance and the writing task is highly creative. Generative AI-powered assistance is found to offer benefits in increasing people's productivity and confidence in writing. However, direct content generation assistance offered by AI also comes with risks, including decreasing people's sense of accountability and diversity in writing. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings. |
| title | The Value, Benefits, and Concerns of Generative AI-Powered Assistance in Writing |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12004 |