@inproceedings{e140b166fa884d55b59f97876e1076a6,
title = "Toward Designing Trustworthy Autonomous Systems: Probing the Role of Humans' Ethical Perspectives",
abstract = "This study explores whether there is a predictive relationship between humans' ethical perspectives and their trust in autonomous systems (AS). Whether AS can make ethically acceptable decisions, especially in safety-critical situations involving value trade-offs, has become a significant determinant of how humans will trust these systems. However, knowledge about these relation-based trust dimensions is largely absent from the current theoretical framework of human-AS trust. Addressing this gap, this study used MTurk and Qualtrics to perform an online survey that assessed people's ethical perspectives, trust in automation, and propensity to trust. The results showed that: (1) Significant differences in trust in automation were seen across four ethical perspectives, confirming the predictive relationship between human ethical perspectives and AS trust. (2) There was no significant difference in propensity to trust among ethical orientations. (3) There was a positive but weak association between trust in automation and willingness to trust. The latter two observations jointly show that trust in automation and trust propensity may be regulated by distinct mechanisms. This study has contributed to existing knowledge by (1) validating the predictive relationship between human ethical perspectives and how they trust AS, (2) revealing potential mechanisms underlying such discrepancies, and (3) highlighting how these differences could help the design of trustworthy AS.",
keywords = "Adaptive Automation, Autonomous System, Autonomy, HCI Theories and Methods, HCI and Humanities, Human Automation Interaction, Technology Ethics, Trust",
author = "Xinhui Hu and Masooda Bashir",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE.; 25th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2022 ; Conference date: 04-05-2022 Through 06-05-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/CSCWD54268.2022.9776195",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2022",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "974--979",
booktitle = "2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2022",
address = "United States",
}