Study Finds AI Training Causes Persistent Behavioral Changes in Human Decision-Making
By
Lauren S. Treiman
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Summary
A scientific study published in PNAS (2024) by Treiman, Ho, and Kool investigates how training AI systems affects human decision-making. The research reveals that people who trained AI developed persistent behavioral shifts, with the new routines becoming habitual even after the training task ended. The study examines the cognitive consequences of human-AI interaction on the human side of the equation.
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