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Writers with a Positive AI ended up writing about different topics than writers with a Critical AI, and both wrote on a narrower range of topics than writers working alone.
Advait Bhat
This is algorithmic agenda-setting at the moment of ideation. As Bernard Cohen wrote of the press in 1963: it may not tell people what to think, but it is stunningly successful in telling them what to think about. AI writing assistants may now do the same for writers.
Writers accepted or rejected suggestions based on whether they agreed with them, regardless of if they had come up with the ideas themselves. They felt in control as they could always reject or edit, but they didn't choose which ideas got surfaced in the first place.
This paper would not have been possible without the collaboration and guidance of @mjakesch.bsky.social, @mariannealq.bsky.social and @informor.bsky.social.
The paper is now available in open access! #chi2026
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...