ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B
主办:中国心理学会
   中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (11): 1914-1932.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.1914 cstr: 32110.14.2025.1914

• 人工智能心理与治理专刊 • 上一篇    下一篇

当设计遇见AI:人工智能设计产品对消费者响应模式的影响

李斌1,2, 芮建禧1, 俞炜楠1,3, 李爱梅1(), 叶茂林1()   

  1. 1 暨南大学管理学院, 广州 510632
    2 广州品牌创新发展研究基地, 广州 510632
    3 浙江省自然资源集团有限公司, 杭州 310000
  • 收稿日期:2023-12-31 发布日期:2025-09-24 出版日期:2025-11-25
  • 通讯作者: 李爱梅, E-mail: tliaim@jnu.edu.cn;
    叶茂林, E-mail: maolinye@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(23JNQMX11);教育部人文社科研究青年基金项目(22YJCZH074);广东省社科规划基金一般项目(GD22CGL05);国家自然科学基金项目(71601084);国家自然科学基金项目(71971099);广州品牌创新发展研究基地研究项目(2022JNZS72)

When design meets AI: The impact of AI design products on consumers’ response patterns

LI Bin1,2, RUI Jianxi1, YU Weinan1,3, LI Aimei1(), YE Maolin1()   

  1. 1 School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
    2 Research Institute on Brand Innovation and Development of Guangzhou, Guangzhou 510632, China
    3 Zhejiang Natural Resources Group Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 31000, China
  • Received:2023-12-31 Online:2025-09-24 Published:2025-11-25

摘要:

随着人工智能(Artificial Intelligence, AI)技术的迅速发展, 利用AI设计产品与创新是未来一大趋势。文章基于刻板印象内容模型, 通过6个递进实验(N = 1418)探讨了设计来源(人类设计 vs. AI设计)与产品类型(怀旧产品 vs. 创新产品)对消费者响应模式(欣赏 vs. 厌恶)的影响、机制及边界条件。结果发现, 对于怀旧产品, 消费者更偏爱人类设计, 呈现AI厌恶; 对于创新产品, 消费者更偏爱AI设计, 呈现AI欣赏, 即出现了“人类设计−怀旧产品”、“AI设计−创新产品”的匹配效应。进一步分析发现, 加工流畅性在此匹配效应过程中起到中介作用; 同时温暖感知与能力感知是导致加工流畅性的关键。此外, AI−人类协同设计模式、AI拟人化特征及消费者自我建构类型均在其中起到了调节作用。文章不仅揭示了消费者对人工智能设计不同类型产品的赞赏或厌恶的响应模式及其深层机理, 同时亦为人工智能新时代下的AI+设计的战略规划及营销策略提供了参考。

关键词: 人工智能, 设计来源, 产品类型, 消费者响应模式, 人工智能厌恶或人工智能欣赏

Abstract:

In recent years, the prevalence and popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) products and services have increased significantly. While the advantages of utilizing AI applications, including cost-effectiveness, standardization, and efficiency, are widely recognized, customer attitudes towards AI involvement are polarized. Prior research has suggested that consumer resistance or acceptance of AI can be influenced by various factors, such as medical services, product recommendations, computer services, and more. However, limited studies have examined AI's impact on creative tasks, such as product design. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate consumer preferences for the designer role in different product categories and to identify potential mechanisms and boundary conditions that may vary.

To attain the objectives of this research, we conducted one pre-study and six studies that focused on commonplace products in daily life. Study 1A (N = 181) adopted a 2 (product type: nostalgia vs. innovation) × 2 (designer role: human design vs. AI design) design and measured participants' attitudes towards the products. Study 1B (N = 258) utilized a between-subject design of 2 (product type: nostalgia vs. innovation) × 3 (designer role: human vs. AI vs. human-AI collaborative design). In Study 2A, we considered the potential for human-machine collaboration, which expands the design resources and examined the mediating impact of processing fluency. Specifically, Study 2A (N = 304) adopted a between-subject design of 2 (product type: nostalgia vs. innovation) × 4 (designer role: human design vs. human-led/AI-assisted design vs. AI-led/human-assisted design vs. AI design). Study 2B (N = 167) conducted a mixed design of 2 (product type: nostalgia vs. innovation) × 3 (designer role: human vs. AI design). Studies 3 (N = 218) and 4 (N = 290) investigated the moderating effects of AI characteristics (AI anthropomorphism) and consumer characteristics (self-constructed types), respectively. Specifically, Study 3 manipulated the degree of AI anthropomorphism of the designer, while Study 4 manipulated the type of self-construction of the participants.

Our hypotheses were confirmed, as this study reveals a significant interaction between product types and designer roles. Specifically, we found a congruence effect between “human design-nostalgic products” and “AI design-innovative products”. The robustness of our findings is demonstrated by the diversity of stimuli and samples employed in this research. Additionally, we discovered that processing fluency acts as a mediating mechanism that explains how the interaction between product type and designer role influences consumer responses. In other words, consumers express more negative reactions towards nostalgic products designed by AI due to their perception of lower processing fluency. Finally, our results emphasize the moderating effects of AI-human collaborative design scenarios, AI anthropomorphic characteristics, and consumer self-construction types.

From a social psychological perspective, this study contributes to the literature on AI aversion and product design by examining people's behavioral tendencies towards AI design. Specifically, we focused on consumer attitudes towards the designer role behind different product types. This investigation helps to enhance our understanding of how people's aversion to algorithms applies to the design field. Our findings align with prior research on the human psychological perception of artificial intelligence, revealing the mechanism behind the matching effect of processing fluency. Furthermore, our study offers additional evidence that AI personification and the type of consumer self-construction significantly impact consumer responses.

Key words: artificial intelligence, source of design, product types, consumer response patterns, AI aversion or AI appreciation

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