Delegation to artificial agents fosters prosocial behaviors in the collective risk dilemma.

ABSTRACT: Home assistant chat-bots, self-driving cars, drones or automated negotiation systems are some of the several examples of autonomous (artificial) agents that have pervaded our society. These agents enable the automation of multiple tasks, saving time and (human) effort. However, their presence in social settings raises the need for a better understanding of their effect on social interactions and how they may be used to enhance cooperation towards the public good, instead of hindering it. To this end, we present an experimental study of human delegation to autonomous agents and hybrid human-agent interactions centered on a non-linear public goods dilemma with uncertain returns in which participants face a collective risk. Our aim is to understand experimentally whether the presence of auton

SUBMITTER: Fernandez Domingos E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119388 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature