Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
AI助益，直至你言明其止
AI helps until you say it does
摘要
We evaluate the impact of the disclosure of artificial intelligence (AI) involvement in a charitable fundraising experiment, where participants received either AI‐generated or human‐written fundraising letters, with or without the disclosure of their origin. We find that both AI‐generated letters (whether edited by humans or not) and human‐written letters (whether edited by AI or not) significantly increase donations, producing similar positive effects. Importantly, these effects disappear when AI involvement is disclosed, regardless of whether the letters are generated or edited by AI. These findings suggest that, while AI improves the effectiveness of charitable fundraising, disclosing its use offsets this benefit.
中文摘要
我们评估了在慈善募捐实验中披露人工智能（AI）参与的影响，该实验中，参与者收到了由AI生成或人类撰写的募捐信函，并可能被告知其来源。我们发现，无论是AI生成的信函（无论是否经过人工编辑）还是人类撰写的信函（无论是否经过AI编辑），都能显著增加捐款，且产生相似的正向效果。重要的是，当披露AI参与时，这些效果消失，无论信函是由AI生成还是编辑。这些发现表明，尽管AI提升了慈善募捐的有效性，但披露其使用却抵消了这一益处。