The Whiteness of AI and Its Implications for Employment Outcomes

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more deeply embedded in the workplace and increasingly humanlike in its form and function, public perceptions of these systems may be shaped by existing social categories, including race. Psychologists Monica Gamez-Djokic and Adam Waytz will investigate the extent to which people perceive AI as racially White and whether these perceptions are related to beliefs about AI’s role in job displacement, trust in AI systems, perceptions of AI’s objectivity or neutrality, perceived fairness of AI-driven decisions, and willingness to adopt or rely on AI. They will conduct a series of survey experiments for their study.