Atsushi Koike
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Atsushi Koike investigates the psychology of human-agent interaction, focusing on how virtual agents’ appearances shape user perceptions of responsibility and blame. In his highly cited work, “Who Is to Blame? The Appearance of Virtual Agents and the Attribution of Perceived Responsibility” (2021, 19 citations), Koike reveals that users attribute different levels of responsibility to agents based on their visual design—a critical insight for developing ethical, trustworthy collaboration systems. By experimentally linking agent anthropomorphism to perceived accountability, his research provides foundational guidance for designers of AI teammates, customer service bots, and autonomous systems. Koike’s contributions bridge social psychology and human-computer interaction, offering practical frameworks to manage user expectations and mitigate unfair blame toward machines. His work is particularly notable for addressing the emerging challenge of moral attribution in human-AI teams, a topic increasingly vital as virtual agents assume roles in healthcare, driving, and decision-making. With growing relevance to responsible AI design, Koike’s findings inform both academic theory and industry practice, helping shape how we build and evaluate collaborative agents that users can trust and fairly assess.
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