MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders • Hacker News Board

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by 1337biz » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 11:18 AM UTC

sgy wrote: post #9

_delirium wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That really depends on how the robot has been programmed. It's quite likely that robots in office-type settings will have political aspects to their decision making, at least to the extent that bits of corporate policy have been embedded.

KPIs might be a parameter here

I just can't find the Wiki page on it, but there is a great "rule" out there: As soon as you tell people what they are getting measured on they will put their whole energy into gaming the measurements to their advantage.

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by _delirium » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 11:43 AM UTC

1337biz wrote: post #31

sgy wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

KPIs might be a parameter here

I just can't find the Wiki page on it, but there is a great "rule" out there: As soon as you tell people what they are getting measured on they will put their whole energy into gaming the measurements to their advantage.

I'm guessing you're thinking of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by pessimizer » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 12:36 PM UTC

It's because many people don't second guess the motives or robots, just like in the past when they wouldn't second guess 'facts' that were professionally printed in newspapers and books.

I think it will eventually become anachronistic the more deeply people understand that the people who dictate a robot's behavior are just like they are, and have motives that are just as suspicious as anyone else's.

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by atmosx » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 1:19 PM UTC

Fellow stranger... While reading the comments on this thread, you have to keep in mind that HN crowd is a highly computer-oriented crowd, who has faith in computers & algorithms.

ps. When someone will be able to write an algorithm to simulate/predict the perception of a specific/targeted human at 99,9% of cases, then I might take seriously into consideration the idea of letting a robot run a factory.

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by meric » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 2:00 PM UTC

KonoHito wrote: post #22

sgy wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The research is related to artificial intelligence, not pure automation.

I think it's a fine line. The article did mention that the robots were guided by an algorithm, and traffic lights are, too, controlled by algorithms, so what's to say this situation isn't the same as following traffic lights?

Also it's possible to have traffic lights that vary the frequency of its light changes depending on the traffic on each side of the intersection.

Re: MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 10:49 PM UTC

mrjayharris wrote: post #10

Interacting with robots is often easier and simpler than interacting with people. Now that AI is on the cusp of being able to replace not just manual workers, but knowledge workers of all types, even those service jobs that have always seemed safe in the face of automation are in danger of dying out. Especially in light of evidence like this that people actually prefer robots to humans in many of those situations.

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