Giovanna N. Vilaza
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Giovanna N. Vilaza investigates the cognitive and social mechanisms underlying human-machine interaction, with a particular focus on sense of agency and attribution of responsibility. Her work addresses critical questions in shared control scenarios—such as robotic surgery failures—where determining blame becomes ethically and practically complex. In her highly cited 2014 paper, "Using games to investigate sense of agency and attribution of responsibility," Vilaza pioneered experimental game-based methods to explore how individuals assign responsibility when control is distributed between humans and autonomous systems. This foundational contribution has garnered 10 citations and established a framework for studying accountability in human-robot collaboration. Her research bridges psychology, human-computer interaction, and ethics, offering insights that inform the design of safer, more transparent autonomous systems. Vilaza’s work is particularly notable for its interdisciplinary approach, combining rigorous experimental design with real-world implications for healthcare, automation, and AI governance. By illuminating how people perceive agency and blame in shared-control contexts, she has shaped ongoing debates about responsibility in increasingly autonomous technologies.
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- 1Using games to investigate sense of agency and attribution of responsibility10 citations · 2014