Human-AI Interactions and Societal Pitfalls

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Main Authors: Castro, Francisco, Gao, Jian, Martin, Sébastien
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Published: 2023
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author Castro, Francisco
Gao, Jian
Martin, Sébastien
author_facet Castro, Francisco
Gao, Jian
Martin, Sébastien
contents When working with generative artificial intelligence (AI), users may see productivity gains, but the AI-generated content may not match their preferences exactly. To study this effect, we introduce a Bayesian framework in which heterogeneous users choose how much information to share with the AI, facing a trade-off between output fidelity and communication cost. We show that the interplay between these individual-level decisions and AI training may lead to societal challenges. Outputs may become more homogenized, especially when the AI is trained on AI-generated content, potentially triggering a homogenization death spiral. And any AI bias may propagate to become societal bias. A solution to the homogenization and bias issues is to reduce human-AI interaction frictions and enable users to flexibly share information, leading to personalized outputs without sacrificing productivity.
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spellingShingle Human-AI Interactions and Societal Pitfalls
Castro, Francisco
Gao, Jian
Martin, Sébastien
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
General Economics
Economics
When working with generative artificial intelligence (AI), users may see productivity gains, but the AI-generated content may not match their preferences exactly. To study this effect, we introduce a Bayesian framework in which heterogeneous users choose how much information to share with the AI, facing a trade-off between output fidelity and communication cost. We show that the interplay between these individual-level decisions and AI training may lead to societal challenges. Outputs may become more homogenized, especially when the AI is trained on AI-generated content, potentially triggering a homogenization death spiral. And any AI bias may propagate to become societal bias. A solution to the homogenization and bias issues is to reduce human-AI interaction frictions and enable users to flexibly share information, leading to personalized outputs without sacrificing productivity.
title Human-AI Interactions and Societal Pitfalls
topic Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
General Economics
Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10448