当噪音减轻了人类算法决策中的偏差时:基于代理的模型模型
Spencer Poodiack Parsons1, René Torenvlied1
1Department of Public Administration, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
PloS one
|December 29, 2025
概括
人类噪音可以通过减少对偏见建议的依赖来缓解算法偏见. 这项研究强调了人类判断中的噪音并不总是有害的,而在人类算法系统中可能是有益的.
科学领域:
- 决策科学 决策科学
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 算法系统越来越多地用于关键决策过程.
- 与人类判断相比,算法提供了较低的可变性 (噪声),但它们与人类噪声的相互作用尚不清楚.
- 偏见的算法建议对杂的人类判断的影响需要调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查偏见的算法建议如何与杂的人类判断相互作用.
- 为了确定人类噪音是否减轻或加剧算法偏差.
- 探索噪音对人类算法决策系统的影响.
主要方法:
- 基于代理的建模被用来模拟决策者的判断.
- 该模型包含了带有偏见的算法和带有偏见/噪音的人类顾问的场景.
- 模拟分析了不同程度的偏差和噪声对决策结果的影响.
主要成果:
- 与预期相反,人类噪音可以通过减少对算法建议的依赖来减轻算法偏差.
- 人类建议中的噪音增加了对先前信念的依赖,影响了信念更新.
- 偏化的先前信念导致对建议的不对称反应,有利于干预主义的线索.
结论:
- 在算法建议中没有噪音不是普遍可取的;人类噪音可能是有益的.
- 人类噪音可以作为缓冲对算法偏差的缓冲.
- 人口层面的决策变化可能源于环境噪音,挑战传统的噪音审计假设.
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