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AI Uncertainty in expert decision making: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Abstract

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent in everyday work settings, the Information Systems (IS) discipline is perfectly poised to study the sociotechnical repercussions of algorithmic decision-making part of expert’s knowledge work. As expert know-how is tacit and socially situated, there are difficulties in capturing the nuances of the emerging human-machine collaborations. In this article, we review how epistemic uncertainty is evident in experts’ decision-making practices when using AI tools. Building on rich primary studies, a qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) approach was used to bring together and analyze relevant literature on this topic. Our findings unravel sources of expert uncertainty, point to strategies experts use to cope with uncertainty, and what attitudes experts have towards uncertainty when making complex decisions with AI.

Category

Academic lecture

Client

  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / 311680

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Casandra Ann Grundstrom
  • Pooja Mohanty
  • Elena Parmiggiani

Affiliation

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • SINTEF Group Head Office

Presented at

European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2023

Place

Kristiansand, Norge

Date

11.06.2023 - 16.06.2023

Organizer

Association for Information Systems

Year

2023

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