"It was 80% me, 20% AI": Seeking Authenticity in Co-Writing with Large Language Models

Understand

Given the rising proliferation and diversity of AI writing assistance tools, especially those powered by large language models (LLMs), both writers and readers may have concerns about the impact of these tools on the authenticity of writing work.

• We examine whether and how writers want to preserve their authentic voice when co-writing with AI tools and whether personalization of AI writing support could help achieve this goal.
• We conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 professional writers, during which they co-wrote with both personalized and non-personalized AI writing-support tools.
• We supplemented writers' perspectives with opinions from 30 avid readers about the written work co-produced with AI collected through an online survey.