Trust in times of AI (updated)

In an online, pre-registered experiment, we have explored the impact of AI mediated communication within the context of a Trust Game with unverifiable action. We compared a baseline treatment, where no communication is allowed, to treatments where participants can use free-form communication or have the additional option of using ChatGPT-generated promises, which were assessed in a companion experiment. After multiple feedback received while presenting the results, we were asked to assess whether flagging the AI-generated messages would change the results. We are now running this additional treatment.