Lisa van Es
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Lisa van Es is a cognitive scientist whose research explores the psychological and behavioral dynamics of human interaction with artificial agents. Her work centers on how people perceive, judge, and respond to AI, particularly through the lens of anthropomorphism. In her highly cited 2018 study, "Anthropomorphization of artificial agents leads to fair and strategic, but not altruistic behavior," van Es demonstrated that imbuing AI with human-like traits prompts people to treat them with greater fairness and strategic consideration, yet stops short of eliciting genuine altruism. This finding has significant implications for designing ethical AI systems and understanding the limits of human-machine empathy. With 47 citations, the paper has become a foundational reference in human-robot interaction and behavioral ethics. Van Es’s contributions bridge social psychology and AI ethics, offering nuanced insights into how we negotiate cooperation and morality with non-human counterparts. Her work is essential reading for researchers interested in the cognitive foundations of human-AI relationships.
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