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Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them

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Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them

The Decoder · Aug 8, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

People can't tell ChatGPT-generated short stories from human-written ones, according to a new study. More than 2,500 participants performed no better than chance. The AI-generated texts were actually rated higher, but scores dropped as soon as participants learned a machine wrote them.…