University Of Southern California Los Angeles: Research Institution — Prolific Citations Library

Browse 2 peer-reviewed papers from University Of Southern California Los Angeles spanning Human-AI Interaction, Social Perception of AI (2024). Research powered by Prolific's high-quality participant data.

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Papers (2 of 2)

AI can help people feel heard, but an AI label diminishes this impact

Authors: Y Yin, N Jia, CJ Wakslak

Year: 2024

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of ..., 2024 - pnas.org

Institution: University of Southern California Los Angeles

Research Area: Human-AI Interaction, Social Perception of AI, Media Effects

Discipline: Social Sciences

AI responses make people feel more heard and are better at emotional support compared to humans, but labeling responses as AI diminishes this effect.

Methods: Experiment and follow-up study to assess recipient reactions to AI vs. human-generated responses and determine emotional support efficacy.

Key Findings: The degree to which recipients feel heard, emotion detection accuracy, and third-party ratings of emotional support quality.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2319112121

Citations: 201
Online images amplify gender bias

Authors: D Guilbeault, S Delecourt, T Hull, BS Desikan, M Chu

Year: 2024

Published in: Nature, 2024 - nature.com

Institution: University of California Berkeley, Institute For Public Policy Research, Columbia University, University of Southern California Los Angeles

Research Area: Gender Bias, Computational Social Science, Online Media, AI Bias

Discipline: Computational Social Science

Online images significantly amplify gender bias compared to text, with biases in visual content impacting societal beliefs about gender roles.

Methods: Analyzed 3,495 social categories using over one million images from platforms like Google, Wikipedia, and IMDb, compared visual content to billions of words from the same platforms, and conducted a preregistered national experiment to assess the psychological impact on participants' beliefs.

Key Findings: The prevalence and psychological impact of gender bias in online images compared to text, including gender associations and representation disparities.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07068-x

Citations: 72

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