Algorithm appreciation: People prefer algorithmic to human judgment

• Published in: Organizational behavior and human decision processes Vol. 151; pp. 90 - 103
• Main Authors: Logg, Jennifer M., Minson, Julia A., Moore, Don A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Accuracy; Advice-taking; Algorithms; Decision-making; Forecasting; Theory of machine; Decision-making; Accuracy; Theory of machine; Algorithms; Advice-taking; Forecasting

•We challenge prevailing idea that people prefer human to algorithmic judgment.•In head-to-head comparisons, people use algorithmic advice more than human advice.•We compare usage of advice using the continuous weighting of advice (WOA) measure.•People appreciate algorithmic advice despite blindness...