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dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
We analyzed 1,291 co-writing sessions and interviewed 19 participants who wrote an opinion text on a controversial topic. Some wrote with an AI assistant supportive of a position, some with an AI whose suggestions leaned critical, and some wrote on their own, without AI assistance.
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.
