{"slug": "readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn", "title": "Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them", "summary": "A new study found that more than 2,500 participants could not distinguish ChatGPT-generated short stories from human-written ones, performing no better than chance. The AI-generated texts were rated higher on average, but scores dropped once participants learned a machine wrote them.", "body_md": "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.\n\nThe article [Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them](https://the-decoder.com/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn-a-machine-wrote-them/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn-a-machine-wrote-them/", "published_at": "2026-08-08 14:18:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 13:25:45.301481+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["ChatGPT", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn.jsonld"}}