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Can People Detect an AI Mediator? A Pilot Turing-Test Study of AI-Assisted Conflict Resolution

2026-08-23

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<p>Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in social and interpersonal contexts, yet little is known about whether people can identify an AI interlocutor in naturalistic, emotionally salient interactions. We report a pilot experiment in which 20 participants (10 dyads) engaged in a 60-minute text-based mediation of a simulated interpersonal conflict on Discord. Dyads were randomly assigned to a huma...

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Literature Corpus work: 18da2af0-8971-51b1-aa92-b4c8a89a9893
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/yvn3q_v1

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