Show Me Your Prompts! How Writers Feel About Sharing Prompts in Collaborative Text Editors

2026-09-13

AI Summary

研究探讨了在协作文本编辑器中分享AI提示信息的不同程度对用户的影响，发现用户偏好分享更多关于AI使用的信息以提高透明度。

Abstract

Generative AI writing assistants are becoming integrated into collaborative text editors; however, it is unclear how much information about a user's prompting activities should be shared with collaborators. We explore the effects of different levels of prompt information sharing within collaborative text editors: not sharing anything, sharing a placeholder to indicate AI use; sharing details about how the resulting text was generated; and sharing everything, including how the prompt was formulated, in real-time. Sixteen participants wrote persuasive essays in pairs using all four techniques. Results suggest a strong preference for techniques that share more information about prompting activities for increased awareness. Our work shows that collaborative text editors should share more information among writers on when, how, and where AI is used.

Problem

• collaborative text editors
• generative AI writing assistants
• prompt information sharing

Innovation

• Collaborative Text Editors
• Prompt Information Sharing
• Generative AI Writing Assistants