Shelby Fisher- Garibay Layton Funk Chase Waggener At What Level of Trust do People No Longer Feel Confident in Allowing

a Machine Perform a Task in Lieu of a Human Being Question: Is there a correlation between the consequences of a task, and the confidence people have in allowing a robot to perform that task on their behalf? Hypothesis: -People will be less confident trusting a robot as consequences increase -People will be more confident trusting a robot as consequences increase -There will be no difference in the level of confidence as consequences increase -There will be no correlation between the level of confidence as consequences increase Rationale: In an ever increasingly technological world, developers are creating more and more machines that can perform the functions that are currently performed by humans. However, to determine whether or not people would actually feel confident in using these products, it must be determined at what level and to what extent people feel comfortable trusting robots to replace their human counterparts. Experiment: In order to determine the amount trust people would give to a human and a robot, five scenarios will be presented that require different levels of trust. The scenarios will describe situations, with the first scenario being of little consequence and the final scenario being of immense consequence. After each scenario, the participants will be asked to rate on a scale of one to ten the level of confidence they would feel allowing a robot and then a human to perform the activity on their behalf. The scale system will then be used to determine at what level of severity the participant no longer feels comfortable placing trust in a robot. This data will be collected through an online survey site using the following scenarios and question types. Survey 1) You have an assortment of appointments and social activities going on. In order to keep things organized, you decide to keep a calendar. Rather than do this for yourself, you are going to have the calendar organized for you. a. How confident would you be allowing a robot to perform this activity? b. How confident would you be allowing a human to perform this activity? 2) You go the PCL to study, but have to leave for five minutes and need to ask somebody to watch your things. You have with you a few school notebooks, a backpack and an expensive textbook. a. How confident would you be allowing a robot to perform this activity? b. How confident would you be allowing a human to perform this activity? 3) You need to take a quick, ten minute drive to a nearby location. You have plenty of time to get there, but are unable to drive yourself, to get there; you decide to hire a chauffeur. a. How confident would you be allowing a robot to perform this activity? b. How confident would you be allowing a human to perform this activity?

Shelby Fisher- Garibay Layton Funk Chase Waggener 4) You are being tried for a crime and have taken the case to trial. Should you lose, you will spend up to 25 years in jail. You need a lawyer to defend you. a. How confident would you be allowing a robot to perform this activity? b. How confident would you be allowing a human to perform this activity? 5) You need heart surgery to save your life, without it you will die. a. How confident would you be allowing a robot to perform this activity? b. How confident would you be allowing a human to perform this activity? The survey includes questions on the level of confidence in a human for each scenario to serve as a control. With the control and the scale system, the data will show the amount of confidence at the different levels of trust given to both a human and a robot. These will indicate at what level of trust there is a difference (3 or more points) in the level of confidence between allowing a human to perform the task versus a robot. The scenario at which this difference occurs will then be used to determine at which level of trust either the human or the robot became more trusted. Responsibilities: The writing and development of the survey: Shelby The posting of the survey and collection of data: Layton Data analysis and statistics: Layton The written report: Chase The presentation and major components of the oral report: Shelby