The rapid development of AI-mediated communication technologies (AICTs),
which are digital tools that use AI to augment interpersonal messages, has
raised concerns about the future of interpersonal trust and prompted
discussions about disclosure and uptake. This paper contributes to this
discussion by assessing perceptions about the acceptability and use of open and
secret AICTs for oneself and others. In two studies with representative samples
(UK: N=477, US: N=765), we found that secret AICT use is deemed less acceptable
than open AICT use, people tend to overestimate others' AICT use, and people
expect others to use AICTs irresponsibly. Thus, we raise concerns about the
potential for misperceptions and different expectations for others to drive
self-fulfilling pessimistic outlooks about AI-mediated communication.

评估了公开和秘密 AICT 的自我和他人使用的可接受性和使用情况感知，发现隐蔽使用比公开使用被认为不太可接受，人们倾向于高估他人对 AICT 的使用，并期望他人不负责任地使用 AICT，担忧对通过 AICT 进行沟通的悲观看法的自我实现和不同期望。