Do People Think Fast or Slow When Training AI?

Authors: L S. Treiman, CJ Ho, W Kool

Published: 2025

Publication: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference ..., 2025 - dl.acm.org

Participants tend to rely on intuition (fast thinking) rather than deliberation (slow thinking) when training AI agents in the ultimatum game, impacting human-AI collaboration system design.

Methods: Participants trained an AI agent in the ultimatum game to analyze whether their training decisions aligned more with intuitive or deliberative cognitive processes.

Key Findings: The cognitive processes (fast vs. slow thinking) underlying human decision-making during AI training.

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis, National Cheng Kung University

Research Area: Human-AI Interaction, Cognitive Science,Behavioral Research in AI Training

Discipline: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) , Behavioral Science

Citations: 1

DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3715275.3732177