Article „Artificial Intelligence in Government Weakens Citizens’ Affective Ties With Public Employees: Results From a Vignette Experiment“
In an article with Sveinung Arnesen, we examine how citizens‘ perceptions of public employees change when these use AI in their work. Our findings indicate that citizens rate public employees less warm and less competent if they learn about their use of AI. This effect is particularly pronounced for teachers as public employees who directly…
Article „Transparency, neutrality, voice, and respect: How procedural fairness considerations affect AI acceptability in algorithmic societies“ published
In an article with Pedro C. Magalhães, Sveinung Arnesen, Christoph Kern, Daniel S. Schiff, and Tom R. Tyler, we investigate what shapes public acceptance of artificial intelligence. Using nationally representative survey data from Portugal, the study show that perceptions of procedural fairness—such as transparency, neutrality, voice, and respect—matter more for AI legitimacy than perceived personal or societal benefits and risks.…
Article „From tech wars to tech culture wars?“ published
In this article, Julia Rone and I provide an overview of conflicts over embedding social values into generative AI systems. We highlight that these struggles add a social values dimensions to the politics of AI. As governments and businesses try to shape the values of AI systems, this leads to tensions both within and between…
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