Katrina Cooley
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Katrina Cooley investigates the intersection of artificial intelligence and moral psychology, focusing on how humans perceive and trust AI systems in ethical decision-making contexts. Her most-cited work, "Trusting the Moral Judgments of a Robot: Perceived Moral Competence and Humanlikeness of a GPT-3 Enabled AI" (2023, 13 citations), explores whether people trust AI-generated moral advice as readily as human input. By leveraging advancements in large language models like GPT-3, Cooley examines how perceived moral competence and humanlikeness shape user trust—a critical question as AI increasingly influences real-world ethical choices. Her research bridges robotics, cognitive science, and ethics, shedding light on the conditions under which humans defer to machine moral reasoning. Cooley’s work has implications for designing trustworthy AI systems in healthcare, law, and autonomous technologies. Her findings challenge assumptions about uniquely human moral authority, revealing that AI can elicit significant trust when it appears competent and relatable. As a rising voice in AI ethics, Cooley’s contributions help define the boundaries of human-machine collaboration in morally charged domains.
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