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When robot becomes boss: Research on authority, obedience and relationships with machines. (www.eurekalert.org)

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How does a robot perform as a boss at work? The results of research by Polish scientists published in Cognition, Technology & Work suggest that while robots can command obedience, it is not as strong as in the case of humans. The level of obedience towards them is generally lower than towards human authority figures, and work efficiency under the supervision of a robot is lower. For employers and HR departments, this means the need to take the psychological aspects of implementing robots in the work environment into account - their perception as an authority figure, trust in them, and potential resistance to following orders, says Konrad Maj, PhD, from SWPS University, a psychologist and head of the HumanTech Center for Social and Technological Innovation.

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[–] loonsun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

So I'm a researcher in the field of Organizational Psychology so I have mostly insight on the "leadership part" as opposed to their experience mostly in Human Computer Interface. They aren't wrong here but the study they conducted seems very basic as well. It's good that it's an actual lab experiment but I wouldn't say it has much generalizablilty to an actual working environment. I'd say they would need to redo the study with conditions of trust building as they are really only indicating that humans are predesposed to make connections with other humans and be able to work with them, which we already know.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

The other day I was thinking about this, and that the process started a long time ago. Even with a basic mechanical traffic signal we have (to some degree) given machines the power of law, and all present obey the machine.