{"id":647573,"date":"2024-12-24T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:10:18","slug":"unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behaviour by\u00a0humans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41759a02558\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41759a02558\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans\/#AI-induced_indifference\" >AI-induced indifference<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans\/#Reasons_for_inaction\" >Reasons for inaction<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who gets into college, who lands a job, who receives medical treatment and who qualifies for government assistance.<\/p>\n<p>As AI takes on these roles, there is a growing risk of unfair decisions \u2013 or the perception of them by those people affected. For example, in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/29\/how-will-ai-impact-racial-disparities-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">college admissions or hiring<\/a>, these automated decisions can unintentionally favour certain groups of people or those with certain backgrounds, while equally qualified but underrepresented <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>licants get overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Or, when used by governments in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/3\/21\/17144260\/healthcare-medicaid-algorithm-arkansas-cerebral-palsy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">benefit systems<\/a>, AI may allocate resources in ways that worsen <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> inequality, leaving some people with less than they deserve and a sense of unfair treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Together with an international team of researchers, we examined how unfair resource distribution \u2013 whether handled by AI or a human \u2013 influences people\u2019s willingness to act against unfairness. The results have been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0010027724002233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">published in the journal Cognition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With AI becoming more embedded in daily life, governments are stepping in to protect citizens from biased or opaque AI systems. Examples of these efforts include the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/ai-bill-of-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">White House\u2019s AI Bill of Rights<\/a>, and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-9-2024-0138_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">European parliament\u2019s AI Act<\/a>. These reflect a shared concern: people may feel wronged by AI\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>So how does experiencing unfairness from an AI system affect how people treat one another afterwards?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI-induced_indifference\"><\/span>AI-induced indifference<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our paper in Cognition looked at people\u2019s willingness to act against unfairness after experiencing unfair treatment by an AI. The behaviour we examined applied to subsequent, unrelated interactions by these individuals. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1948550616639650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A willingness to act<\/a> in such situations, often called \u201cprosocial punishment,\u201d is seen as crucial for upholding social norms.<\/p>\n<p>For example, whistleblowers may report unethical practices despite the risks, or consumers may boycott companies that they believe are acting in harmful ways. People who engage in these acts of prosocial punishment often do so to address injustices that affect others, which helps reinforce community standards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/631747\/original\/file-20241113-19-j3liw7.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\" alt=\"Representation of AI\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\"\/><br \/><span class=\"attribution\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/ai-brain-motif-centered-on-circular-2500501245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anggalih Prasetya \/ Shutterstock<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We asked this question: could experiencing unfairness from AI, instead of a person, affect people\u2019s willingness to stand up to human wrongdoers later on? For instance, if an AI unfairly assigns a shift or denies a benefit, does it make people less likely to report unethical behaviour by a co-worker afterwards?<\/p>\n<p>Across a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of experiments, we found that people treated unfairly by an AI were less likely to punish human wrongdoers afterwards than participants who had been treated unfairly by a human. They showed a kind of desensitisation to others\u2019 bad behaviour. We called this effect AI-induced indifference, to capture the idea that unfair treatment by AI can weaken people\u2019s sense of accountability to others. This makes them less likely to address injustices in their community.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasons_for_inaction\"><\/span>Reasons for inaction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This may be because people place less blame on AI for unfair treatment, and thus they feel less driven to act against injustice. This effect is consistent even when participants encountered only unfair behaviour by others or both fair and unfair behaviour. To look at whether the relationship we had uncovered was affected by familiarity with AI, we carried out the same experiments again, after the release of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bernardmarr\/2023\/05\/19\/a-short-history-of-chatgpt-how-we-got-to-where-we-are-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ChatGPT in 2022<\/a>. We got the same results with the later series of tests as we had with the earlier ones.<\/p>\n<p>These results suggest that people\u2019s responses to unfairness depend not only on whether they were treated fairly but also on who treated them unfairly \u2013 an AI or a human.<\/p>\n<p>In short, unfair treatment by an AI system can affect how people respond to each other, making them less attentive to each other\u2019s unfair actions. This highlights AI\u2019s potential ripple effects in human society, extending beyond an individual\u2019s experience of a single unfair decision.<\/p>\n<p>When AI systems act unfairly, the consequences extend to future interactions, influencing how people treat each other, even in situations unrelated to AI. We would suggest that developers of AI systems should focus on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/topics\/ai-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">minimising biases in AI training data<\/a> to prevent these important spillover effects.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers should also establish standards for transparency, requiring companies to disclose where AI might make unfair decisions. This would help users understand the limitations of AI systems, and how to challenge unfair outcomes. Increased awareness of these effects could also encourage people to stay alert to unfairness, especially after interacting with AI.<\/p>\n<p>Feelings of outrage and blame for unfair treatment are essential for spotting injustice and holding wrongdoers accountable. 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