Do Men Have No Need for "Feminist" Artificial Intelligence? Agentic and Gendered Voice Assistants in the Light of Basic Psychological Needs.

ABSTRACT: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is supposed to perform tasks autonomously, make competent decisions, and interact socially with people. From a psychological perspective, AI can thus be expected to impact users' three Basic Psychological Needs (BPNs), namely (i) autonomy, (ii) competence, and (iii) relatedness to others. While research highlights the fulfillment of these needs as central to human motivation and well-being, their role in the acceptance of AI applications has hitherto received little consideration. Addressing this research gap, our study examined the influence of BPN Satisfaction on Intention to Use (ITU) an AI assistant for personal banking. In a 2×2 factorial online experiment, 282 participants (154 males, 126 females, two non-binary participants) watched a video of an AI fina

SUBMITTER: Moradbakhti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239329 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature