Is artificial intelligence (AI) an emerging rival to the familiar decades-old excuse by cheaters that “the dog ate my homework?” New research published in the science journal Nature shows that delegating tasks for AI to perform carries an increased risk of cheating.
“Our findings point to the urgent need for not only technical guardrails but also a broader management framework that integrates machine design with social and regulatory oversight,” wrote the study’s corresponding authors Iyad Rahwan, Jean-François Bonnefon, Nils Köbis, and Zoe Rahwan, in collaboration with co-authors Raluca Rilla, Bramantyo Ibrahim Supriyatno, Clara Bersch, and Tamer Ajaj. The researchers for the study are affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Toulouse School of Econom