We studied morality judgments on the behavior of human and artificial systems, by comparing, in a between-subjects experiment (n=381), both the perception of the seriousness of an action causing harm to either some persons or some robots committed by either a person or a robot, and the attribution of the appropriated punishment for that action. The results showed a significant and predictable effect of the type of victim: The action was considered more a serious offence, and deemed worthy of more severe punishment, if the victims were humans than if them were robots. A significant interaction effect between type of agent and type of victim was also found on the punishment judgements: For human victims, a human agent was punished more severely than a robot, while for robot victims, a robot agent was attributed a more severe punishment than a human one. The results are discussed in the light of the theories linking moral judgments to mind perception. c 2021 Association for Computing Machinery.
Guidi, S., Marchigiani, E., Roncato, S., Parlangeli, O. (2021). Human beings and robots: Are there any differences in the attribution of punishments for the same crimes?. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp.1-6). Association for Computing Machinery [10.1145/3452853.3452864].
Human beings and robots: Are there any differences in the attribution of punishments for the same crimes?
Guidi S.
;Marchigiani E.;Parlangeli O.
2021-01-01
Abstract
We studied morality judgments on the behavior of human and artificial systems, by comparing, in a between-subjects experiment (n=381), both the perception of the seriousness of an action causing harm to either some persons or some robots committed by either a person or a robot, and the attribution of the appropriated punishment for that action. The results showed a significant and predictable effect of the type of victim: The action was considered more a serious offence, and deemed worthy of more severe punishment, if the victims were humans than if them were robots. A significant interaction effect between type of agent and type of victim was also found on the punishment judgements: For human victims, a human agent was punished more severely than a robot, while for robot victims, a robot agent was attributed a more severe punishment than a human one. The results are discussed in the light of the theories linking moral judgments to mind perception. c 2021 Association for Computing Machinery.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
ecce2021-11.pdf
non disponibili
Tipologia:
PDF editoriale
Licenza:
NON PUBBLICO - Accesso privato/ristretto
Dimensione
584.52 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
584.52 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri Richiedi una copia |
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
https://hdl.handle.net/11365/1149379