People are more likely to exploit female AI partners than male ones — showing that gender-based discrimination has an impact beyond human interactions.
A recent study, published Nov. 2 in the journal iScience, examined how people varied in their willingness to cooperate when human or AI partners were given female, nonbinary, male, and no gender labels.
Researchers asked participants to play a well-known thought experiment called the “Prisoner’s Dilemma,” a game in which two players either choose to cooperate with each other or work independently. If they cooperate, both get the best outcome.
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