AI-authorship effect
noun phrase
The drop in trust, and sometimes moral disgust, that can occur when people discover that something was made or believed to have been made by AI.
The AI-authorship effect describes what can happen when people discover that a product or message was made, or is believed to have been made, by AI.
The reaction is not always a simple judgement that the work is poor. It can feel moral: a sense of being deceived, substituted for or asked to accept a relationship in which no person was present on the other side. The trust break concerns authorship as much as quality.
This is why ‘made by people’ may become a premium label rather than a sentimental one. Human authorship does not guarantee good work. It does tell the recipient that somebody selected this particular thing, and can be asked what they thought they were doing.
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