How humans engage with algorithms when interactions affect others

Determine how individuals engage with generative artificial intelligence during social interactions that entail consequences for other people, including how they respond when algorithms make decisions affecting others.

Background

The paper examines human responses to the use of generative AI (ChatGPT) in two-player economic games where decisions have real payoff consequences for both parties. Prior to this paper, the extent and manner of human engagement with algorithms in such consequential social settings had not been clearly established. The authors highlight this uncertainty as a motivating gap for their experimental investigation.