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Ownership in AI-Assisted Everyday Tasks
When does work done with AI still feel like ours? As AI becomes woven into everyday tasks, we must examine what happens to our sense of ownership and contribution when a machine shares in producing what we make. We report an exploratory qualitative survey in which participants were asked to describe two recent, self-selected tasks completed with AI: one that felt like their own and one that did not. We find that felt ownership depends on the process of collaboration: people disown work when they merely approve AI's suggestions, but retain ownership when they lead, iterate, or rewrite. Ownershi
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- arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · 2026-09-17T16:38:35.000Z
- arXiv · Artificial Intelligence · 2026-09-17T16:38:35.000Z
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