# Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them

> Readers rate AI-generated short stories higher than human ones until they learn a machine wrote them Readers can't tell the difference between short stories generated by ChatGPT and those written by humans.

- **Source:** [The-decoder](https://the-decoder.com/readers-rate-ai-generated-short-stories-higher-than-human-ones-until-they-learn-a-machine-wrote-them/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a7748ffb4a92b270b1a876c)
- **Published:** 2026-08-08
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #chatgpt #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a7748ffb4a92b270b1a876c

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