Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes

With the increasing integration of robots into various facets of human life, understanding prosociality towards robots emerges as a crucial research endeavor. Across two studies (N = 117 and N = 310), we adopt a third-person perspective to investigate different outcomes of the dictator game paradigm...

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Main Authors: Andreea E. Potinteu, Nadia Said, Gerrit Anders, Markus Huff
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Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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description With the increasing integration of robots into various facets of human life, understanding prosociality towards robots emerges as a crucial research endeavor. Across two studies (N = 117 and N = 310), we adopt a third-person perspective to investigate different outcomes of the dictator game paradigm. Participants were tasked with evaluating the shared allocation of distinct resources (Study 1: money, access to electricity; Study 2: money, access to electricity, food, and electronic tools). Results reveal that only ∼24% of responses, as averaged for the two studies, indicated a preference for non-sharing across all resource types and shared amounts. For Study 1 and 2, we find that people tend to agree to the sharing of access to electricity over money. Additionally, for Study 2 findings suggest a tendency towards greater sharing of electronic tools and lesser sharing of food, compared to access to electricity. Moreover, perceptions of robot trustworthiness corresponded to a preference for sharing higher resource quantities. This relationship was mediated by participant gender as well as robot related risk and opportunity perception. These findings provide valuable insights into the socio-cognitive mechanisms underlying human perceptions of sharing behaviors with robots. Our studies indicate an emerging societal expectation regarding the types and extent of resources to be shared with robots, thus contributing to the delineation of evolving social norms towards robots. Furthermore, the results shed light on the nuanced dynamics of human-robot interaction, enriching our comprehension of how humans navigate social exchanges with artificial agents.
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spelling doaj-art-7572ad8d57884466b314fea8ef43800a2025-02-05T04:32:24ZengElsevierComputers in Human Behavior Reports2451-95882025-03-0117100608Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomesAndreea E. Potinteu0Nadia Said1Gerrit Anders2Markus Huff3Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstraße 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany; Corresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, GermanyLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstraße 6, 72076, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Schleichstraße 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstraße 6, 72076, Tübingen, GermanyWith the increasing integration of robots into various facets of human life, understanding prosociality towards robots emerges as a crucial research endeavor. Across two studies (N = 117 and N = 310), we adopt a third-person perspective to investigate different outcomes of the dictator game paradigm. Participants were tasked with evaluating the shared allocation of distinct resources (Study 1: money, access to electricity; Study 2: money, access to electricity, food, and electronic tools). Results reveal that only ∼24% of responses, as averaged for the two studies, indicated a preference for non-sharing across all resource types and shared amounts. For Study 1 and 2, we find that people tend to agree to the sharing of access to electricity over money. Additionally, for Study 2 findings suggest a tendency towards greater sharing of electronic tools and lesser sharing of food, compared to access to electricity. Moreover, perceptions of robot trustworthiness corresponded to a preference for sharing higher resource quantities. This relationship was mediated by participant gender as well as robot related risk and opportunity perception. These findings provide valuable insights into the socio-cognitive mechanisms underlying human perceptions of sharing behaviors with robots. Our studies indicate an emerging societal expectation regarding the types and extent of resources to be shared with robots, thus contributing to the delineation of evolving social norms towards robots. Furthermore, the results shed light on the nuanced dynamics of human-robot interaction, enriching our comprehension of how humans navigate social exchanges with artificial agents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958825000235ProsocialityRobot perceptionDictator gameSharing perception
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Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes
Computers in Human Behavior Reports
Prosociality
Robot perception
Dictator game
Sharing perception
title Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes
title_full Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes
title_fullStr Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes
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title_short Sharing electricity over money: Third-person perspectives on human-robot dictator game outcomes
title_sort sharing electricity over money third person perspectives on human robot dictator game outcomes
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Robot perception
Dictator game
Sharing perception
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