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Examine how interface design in automated decision support systems alters human accountability and ethical agency, particularly in high-stakes military contexts.

January 1, 2006The Journal of Technology StudiesOpen Access

Automation and Accountability in Decision Support System Interface Design

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MCMary L. CummingsGeorge Mason University

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates how automated decision support interfaces diminish moral agency in military operators, indicating an urgent need to design against psychological distancing.

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Examine how interface design in automated decision support systems alters human accountability and ethical agency, particularly in high-stakes military contexts.
Conducted a conceptual and socio-technical ethical analysis of automated decision support system interfaces.
Evaluated the human-computer interaction mechanisms that cause users to perceive automated interfaces as legitimate moral authorities.
Showed that automated decision support interfaces can introduce a moral buffer, causing psychological distancing that separates operators from the harmful consequences of their actions.
Demonstrated that perceived interface authority diminishes an operator's subjective moral agency, resulting in the progressive erosion of individual accountability.

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Mary L. Cummings (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d70df175cae9790bed919e https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v32i1.a.4

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates how automated decision support interfaces diminish moral agency in military operators, indicating an urgent need to design against psychological distancing.

Automation and Accountability in Decision Support System Interface Design

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