automation bias

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Noun

automation bias (usually uncountable, plural automation biases)

  1. The propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems.
    Coordinate term: automation complacency
    • 2019 September 15, Jamie Grierson, “Predictive policing poses discrimination risk, thinktank warns”, in The Guardian:
      The briefing paper also highlights the risk of “automation bias”, whereby police officers become overreliant on the use of analytical tools, undermining their discretion and causing them to disregard other relevant factors.

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