Reposted by Martin Saveski
🆕 📝 New paper officially out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
In 2023, Change.org built an AI-assisted writing tool into their platform. We offer causal evidence that access to the AI tool changed petition text (word count, language)... but may have actually hurt outcomes (signatures, comments).
![Effects of reducing and increasing exposure to AAPA content in participants’ feeds on their experiences of emotion compared with that of the corresponding control group.
(Left) Participants were surveyed within the feed during the intervention [scale ranged from 0 (“none at all”) to 100 (“extremely”)] and (right) off-platform after the experiment [scale ranged from 1 (“never”) to 5 (“all the time”)]. The filled circles represent statistical significance (Padj < 0.05, adjusted for multiple hypothesis testing), and the error bars represent 95% CIs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4ggqnuibqdvwdnjr6glfroz/bafkreibenc7imwln4xwppx7xstbavfpjnrtcl5ybko3n7pm6k7jqitogc4)
