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Incentives shape how humans co-create with generative AI

Nathanael Jo and Manish Raghavan

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Type
Preregistered randomized experiment; preprint version
Publication
arXiv · MIT authors
Version used
arXiv:2604.03529v1; GPT5-mini, medium reasoning
Source date
4 April 2026
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23 October 2026
License
CC BY 4.0. Atlas paraphrase; no reproduced figure.

Version 1 submitted 4 April 2026. 200 US/UK Prolific participants; no peer-reviewed version is claimed here. No separate validity period has been established for the finding.

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Better ideas, less variety?

Sections 3–5; exploratory Section 6; Appendix A.4

Instructions and promised rewards randomized. All received the same bonus. Copying patterns were not independently randomized.

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Supports this claim:Promised rewards and evaluation instructions affected variation Preserve different problem definitions before selecting solutions