From picking the next song on your playlist to choosing the right size pants, people rely more on
"Algorithms can perform a huge number of tasks, and the number is increasing almost every day," explainsresearcher Eric Bogertis of the University of Georgia.— There seems to be aa tendency to rely more on algorithms as the task becomes more complex than on other people's advice," Bogert added.
In the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports , the team involved 1,500 people.
The scientists asked volunteers to count the number of people in a photo of the crowd and provided two kinds of clues.Some were created by a group of other people, while others were created by an algorithm. As the number of people in the photo increased, the countingAs a result, people were more likely to follow the prompts that the algorithm generated than to trust themselves or the "wisdom of the crowd."
The study raises important questions about the ubiquitous use of algorithms in people's daily lives.
For example, facial recognition algorithms have already come under scrutiny in recent years.The fact is that their use has revealed cultural biases in their construction.
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