  The emergence of generative AI technologies, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT
chatbot, has expanded the scope of tasks that AI tools can accomplish and
enabled AI-generated creative content. In this study, we explore how disclosure
regarding the use of AI in the creation of creative content affects human
evaluation of such content. In a series of pre-registered experimental studies,
we show that AI disclosure has no meaningful effect on evaluation either for
creative or descriptive short stories, but that AI disclosure has a negative
effect on evaluations for emotionally evocative poems written in the first
person. We interpret this result to suggest that reactions to AI-generated
content may be negative when the content is viewed as distinctly "human." We
discuss the implications of this work and outline planned pathways of research
to better understand whether and when AI disclosure may affect the evaluation
of creative content.
