Study In human vs. robot competitions, humans give up

Study In human vs. robot competitions, humans give upStudy In human vs. robot competitions, humans give upA Cornell-led research team had humans compete with robots doing rote tasks to win cash prizes and found that when the robot was doing well, the people tended to expend less effort, see themselves as less competent, and have a distaste towards the robots.The researchers wanted to find out how a robots performance influenced humans behavior when they were competing against each other. The experiments backed up their theories on loss aversion meaning people wont work as hard when their competitors are doing better. It also shed light on how hard or not people might work in a human-robot workforce, and how to optimize robot performance in such a workplace.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreHumans and machines already share many workplaces, sometimes working on similar or even identical tasks, saidGuy Hoffman, senior author of the study and assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, in a release.Think about a cashier working side-by-side with an automatic check-out machine, or someone operating a forklift in a warehouse, which also employs delivery robots driving right next to them, Hoffman said. While it may be tempting to design such robots for optimal productivity, engineers and managers need to take into considerationhow the robots performance may affect the human workers effort and attitudes toward the robot and even toward themselves. Our research is the first that specifically sheds light on ansicht effects.Not much of a competitionIn one experiment, when the robot was programmed to be slower, people put more effort into it, thinking they had more of a chance to win. When the robot was faster, they often just skipped the round.In some rounds, the robot would go slower and thats when I started going faster, wro te one participant.I felt very stressed competing with the robot, wrote another.We were surprised that people found themselves less competent against a fast, competitive robot, even though theres no direct interaction, lead author and doctoral student in mechanical engineering Alap Kshirsagar said. The robot is doing its own work, youre doing your own work.Most people did not view the robot as human, although one participant did write, It was obvious when the robot was going easy on me.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people