Unpacking the black box: Examining the (de)Gender categorization effect in human-machine communication

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Highlights:

• This study examines the communication approach when conversing with a digital interlocutor.

• Subjects were asked to assign gender category to targets based on conversation transcripts.

• Subjects had 68.98% of chance to correctly assign gender based on the target-human talks.

• Subjects had 42.86% of chance to correctly assign gender based on the target-AI talks.

• There were significant differences between conversation approaches with human and with AI.

摘要

•This study examines the communication approach when conversing with a digital interlocutor.•Subjects were asked to assign gender category to targets based on conversation transcripts.•Subjects had 68.98% of chance to correctly assign gender based on the target-human talks.•Subjects had 42.86% of chance to correctly assign gender based on the target-AI talks.•There were significant differences between conversation approaches with human and with AI.

论文关键词:Gender categorization effect,Human-machine communication,Computer-mediated communication,Chatbot,Social media

论文评审过程:Received 1 November 2017, Revised 15 July 2018, Accepted 25 August 2018, Available online 27 August 2018, Version of Record 18 November 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.049