Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
School of Economics, and the Center of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan Province 475001, People's Republic of China.
PLoS One. 2019 May 13;14(5):e0216617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216617. eCollection 2019.
The rapid development and diffusion of new technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence makes life more convenient. At the same time, people may develop overdependence on technology to simplify everyday tasks or to reduce the level of effort required to accomplish them. We conduct a two-phase real-effort laboratory experiment to assess how external assistance affects subsequent revealed preferences for the convenience of a lower level of effort versus monetary rewards requiring greater effort. The results suggest that men treated with external help in the first phase tend to choose more difficult options with potentially higher monetary rewards. In contrast, after being treated with external help, women exhibit a stronger propensity to utilize the convenience of an easier task and are less likely to choose a more difficult option that carries higher potential earnings.
新技术（如自动化和人工智能）的快速发展和普及使生活更加便利。与此同时，人们可能会过度依赖技术来简化日常任务，或者减少完成任务所需的努力程度。我们进行了一项两阶段的真实努力实验室实验，以评估外部帮助如何影响随后对低努力水平的便利性与需要更大努力的金钱奖励的显示偏好。结果表明，第一阶段接受外部帮助的男性往往会选择更困难的选项，这些选项可能有更高的金钱奖励。相比之下，接受外部帮助后，女性表现出更强的利用简单任务便利性的倾向，不太可能选择更困难的选项，尽管这些选项可能带来更高的潜在收益。
