Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans.

ABSTRACT: Forms of both simple and complex machine intelligence are increasingly acting within human groups in order to affect collective outcomes. Considering the nature of collective action problems, however, such involvement could paradoxically and unintentionally suppress existing beneficial social norms in humans, such as those involving cooperation. Here, we test theoretical predictions about such an effect using a unique cyber-physical lab experiment where online participants (N = 300 in 150 dyads) drive robotic vehicles remotely in a coordination game. We show that autobraking assistance increases human altruism, such as giving way to others, and that communication helps people to make mutual concessions. On the other hand, autosteering assistance completely inhibits the emergence of

SUBMITTER: Shirado H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743379 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature