# AI-Induced Human Responsibility (AIHR) in AI-Human teams

Source: [AI-Induced Human Responsibility (AIHR) in AI-Human teams](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78997d0172140ec78bb7>)

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Data updated: 2026-04-14T05:00:04.234Z

Authors: Greg Nyilasy, Brock Bastian, Jennifer Overbeck, Abraham Ryan Ade Putra Hito

Published: 2026-04-10T01:58:59.000Z

## Abstract

As organizations increasingly deploy AI as a teammate rather than a standalone tool, morally consequential mistakes often arise from joint human-AI workflows in which causality is ambiguous. We ask how people allocate responsibility in these hybrid-agent settings. Across four experiments (N = 1,801) in an AI-assisted lending context (e.g., discriminatory rejection, irresponsible lending, and low-harm filing errors), participants consistently attributed more responsibility to the human decision maker when the human was paired with AI than when paired with another human (by an average of 10 points on a 0-100 scale across studies). This AI-Induced Human Responsibility (AIHR) effect held across high and low harm scenarios and persisted even where self-serving blame-shifting (when the human in question was the self) would be expected. Process evidence indicates that AIHR is explained by inferences of agent autonomy: AI is seen as a constrained implementer, which makes the human the default locus of discretionary responsibility. Alternative mechanisms (mind perception; self-threat) did not account for the effect. These findings extend research on algorithm aversion, hybrid AI-human organizational behavior and responsibility gaps in technology by showing that AI-human teaming can increase (rather than dilute) human responsibility, with implications for accountability design in AI-enabled organizations.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08866>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.08866.pdf>)