How do people react to political bias in generative Artificial Intelligence?
Authors: U Messer
Published: 2025
Publication: Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 2025 - Elsevier
People's acceptance and reliance on Generative AI (GAI) increase when they perceive alignment between their political orientation and the bias of GAI-generated content, leading to expanded trust in sensitive applications.
Methods: Three experiments analyzing behavioral reactions to politically biased content generated by GAI, including the impact of perceived alignment on acceptance and trust.
Key Findings: Participants' acceptance, reliance, and trust in GAI based on perceived alignment between political bias of GAI-generated content and their own political beliefs.
Limitations: Potential contextual bias due to polarized societal environments; limited exploration of neutral or opposing scenarios of political bias; possible overgeneralization of results outside experimental conditions.
Institution: Universität der Bundeswehr München
Research Area: Political Bias in Generative AI, Human-AI Interaction, Affective Computing, AI Bias
Discipline: Computer Science , Human-AI Interaction
Sample Size: 513 participants
Citations: 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100108