Using AI Uncertainty Quantification to Improve Human Decision-Making

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Main Authors: Marusich, Laura R., Bakdash, Jonathan Z., Zhou, Yan, Kantarcioglu, Murat
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Published: 2023
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author Marusich, Laura R.
Bakdash, Jonathan Z.
Zhou, Yan
Kantarcioglu, Murat
author_facet Marusich, Laura R.
Bakdash, Jonathan Z.
Zhou, Yan
Kantarcioglu, Murat
contents AI Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) has the potential to improve human decision-making beyond AI predictions alone by providing additional probabilistic information to users. The majority of past research on AI and human decision-making has concentrated on model explainability and interpretability, with little focus on understanding the potential impact of UQ on human decision-making. We evaluated the impact on human decision-making for instance-level UQ, calibrated using a strict scoring rule, in two online behavioral experiments. In the first experiment, our results showed that UQ was beneficial for decision-making performance compared to only AI predictions. In the second experiment, we found UQ had generalizable benefits for decision-making across a variety of representations for probabilistic information. These results indicate that implementing high quality, instance-level UQ for AI may improve decision-making with real systems compared to AI predictions alone.
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spellingShingle Using AI Uncertainty Quantification to Improve Human Decision-Making
Marusich, Laura R.
Bakdash, Jonathan Z.
Zhou, Yan
Kantarcioglu, Murat
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
AI Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) has the potential to improve human decision-making beyond AI predictions alone by providing additional probabilistic information to users. The majority of past research on AI and human decision-making has concentrated on model explainability and interpretability, with little focus on understanding the potential impact of UQ on human decision-making. We evaluated the impact on human decision-making for instance-level UQ, calibrated using a strict scoring rule, in two online behavioral experiments. In the first experiment, our results showed that UQ was beneficial for decision-making performance compared to only AI predictions. In the second experiment, we found UQ had generalizable benefits for decision-making across a variety of representations for probabilistic information. These results indicate that implementing high quality, instance-level UQ for AI may improve decision-making with real systems compared to AI predictions alone.
title Using AI Uncertainty Quantification to Improve Human Decision-Making
topic Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10852