Evgeniya Hristova
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Evgeniya Hristova is a cognitive scientist and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of moral psychology, artificial intelligence, and human decision-making. Her research tackles some of the most pressing ethical questions emerging from advances in robotics and AI, particularly focusing on how humans make — and evaluate — moral judgments when artificial agents are involved. Hristova's most notable contributions center on the burgeoning field of machine ethics and moral cognition. Her pioneering work, including "Should Robots Kill? Moral Judgments for Actions of Artificial Cognitive Agents" (2015), uses classical moral dilemmas to probe whether people judge the actions of robots and AI systems differently from those of human agents. This research addresses the critical question of moral responsibility and accountability as autonomous machines become increasingly embedded in society. Her follow-up work in 2016 further deepens this inquiry by systematically comparing moral evaluations across human and artificial agents, illuminating how cognitive and emotional factors shape our ethical reasoning differently depending on who — or what — is making a decision. Though her citation counts are still growing, Hristova's scholarship addresses questions that are only becoming more urgent as AI systems take on roles with genuine life-and-death consequences, making her work essential reading for researchers in ethics, cognitive science, and human-robot interaction.
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