Nonslop

Gamified writing experiment studies when humans adopt AI suggestions vs. maintain creative autonomy

A preprint from arXiv introduces 'Nonslop,' a gamified writing experiment with 74 participants designed to study authentic human preferences in AI-assisted creative writing. The system deliberately inverts the helpful-assistant pattern by disincentivizing AI suggestion acceptance, simulating a dystopian framing to reveal genuine user behavior rather than default compliance. The study analyzes when users choose creative autonomy versus accepting AI assistance across different task types and response characteristics. Findings bear on questions of individual voice, authenticity, and the tension between efficiency and human expression in LLM-augmented writing.