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Social preferences toward humans and machines: a systematic experiment on the role of machine payoffs

Authors: A von Schenk, V Klockmann

Year: 2024

Published in: ... on Psychological Science, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com

Institution: Max Planck Institute

Research Area: Social Preferences, Behavioral Economics, Human-Machine Interaction

Discipline: Behavioral Science

Humans exhibit stronger social preferences toward machines when they know machine payoffs benefit a human recipient, and weak preferences when payoff information is absent, suggesting belief formation is self-serving.

Methods: Conducted an online experiment with participants and follow-up surveys to compare the impact of different implementations of machine payoffs and information transparency on social preferences.

Key Findings: Social preferences and reciprocity behaviors toward machines with varying payoff structures and transparency about the beneficiaries.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231194949

Citations: 40

Sample Size: 1198