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R0031/2026-03-27/C013 — Claim Definition

Claim as Received

Research presented at CHI 2025 (He et al.) found that AI receives less credit than humans for equivalent work.

Claim as Clarified

Research presented at CHI 2025 (He et al.) found that AI receives less credit than humans for equivalent work.

BLUF

Confirmed. He, Houde, and Weisz presented 'Which Contributions Deserve Credit?' at CHI 2025. N=155 knowledge workers. Finding: 'across nearly all natures of contribution, participants assigned AI partners less authorship credit than human partners for equivalent contributions.' Specific examples: for equal writing, AI scored -0.67 (secondary authorship) vs human -0.16 (equal authorship).

Scope

  • Domain: AI attribution, film studies, academic standards
  • Timeframe: Various
  • Testability: Verifiable against primary sources

Assessment Summary

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: Hypothesis supported: H1 — Paper, venue, authors, and finding all confirmed. Hypotheses eliminated: H2, H3.

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Status

Field Value
Date created 2026-03-27
Date completed 2026-03-27
Researcher profile None provided
Prompt version Unified Research Standard v1.0-draft
Revisit by 2027-03-27
Revisit trigger New evidence or policy updates