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title: How Humans Judge Machines
description: "Dozens of experiments have been carried out to compare people's judgments of humans and machines across a variety of situations: from algorithmic bias in hiring decisions, and from autonomous weapons to self-driving vehicles and labor displacement."
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# [How Humans Judge Machines](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/how-humans-judge-machines)

 Written by [World Summit AI](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/author/world-summit-ai) | Jan 9, 2020 2:24:23 PM

*Do we judge humans and machines equally? Or are our judgments biased depending on who or what is performing an action?*

Dozens of experiments have been carried out to compare people's judgments of humans and machines across a variety of situations: from algorithmic bias in hiring decisions, and from autonomous weapons to self-driving vehicles and labor displacement.

These experiments were used to explore how people's bias varies with a scenario's moral dimensions and with the demographic characteristics of those evaluating them. Together, these results provide a fine-grained understanding of when we are biased in favor or against machines, and what are the factors that help explain these biases.

To hear more, we’re delighted to announce that **César A. Hidalgo **will be headlining at [World Summit AI Americas](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/) in Montreal this March to discuss his **new book ‘How Humans Judge Machines’**. 

César is a physicist, author, and entrepreneur who has been described as Chilean by birth, Spanish by inheritance & American by choice! He holds an ANITI Chair at the University of Toulouse, an Honorary Professorship at the University of Manchester, and is a visiting Professor at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Hidalgo is also a founder of Datawheel, a data visualization and distribution company. Prior to joining the University of Toulouse, he was a professor at MIT where he directed the Collective Learning group. 

To hear from Cesar and many more highly regarded AI experts, come join us at [World Summit AI Americas](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/) in Montreal this March! Our **January 50% off ticket sale is on**! But hurry, the ticket sale ends Friday 31st January @ midnight so be quick.

 

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