Combining people and machines

Combining people and machines

NESTA UK reporting on the behavioural experiments we performed in collaboration with the VUB AI lab and Francisco C. Santos team in INESC-ID in Lisbon.

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We tested whether using AI improves co-operation and decision-making in collective risk situations. In such situations, the group must coordinate to resolve a common challenge, such as the climate crisis, to avoid detrimental outcomes for everyone. The experiment results show that delegating responsibility for actions to autonomous agents increased co-operation and co-ordination within the group.