"Across a series of experiments, we found that people treated unfairly by an #AI were less likely to punish human wrongdoers afterwards than participants who had been treated unfairly by a human. They showed a kind of #desensitisation to others’ bad behaviour. We called it AI-induced #indifference, to capture the idea that unfair treatment by AI can weaken people’s sense of accountability to others. This makes them less likely to address injustices in their community."
https://thenextweb.com/news/unfair-decisions-by-ai-could-make-us-indifferent-to-bad-behaviour-by-humans

Desensitisation seems to be a huge part of my working week lately.

#dogbehaviour #dogs #desensitisation #funnotfear #rewardbasedtraining

https://freyavlocke.co.uk/2024/06/08/desensitisation-for-phobias-two-case-studies-in-progress/

How the abnormal gets normalised – and what to do about it

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240314-how-the-abnormal-gets-normalised-and-what-to-do-about-it

> As we browse the news, it's easy to become desensitised to awful events. Amanda Ruggeri explores the psychology, and the steps you can take to avoid it happening.

#psychology #media #desensitization #desensitisation

"Perhaps the most immediate danger, however, is not a sudden explosion of violence across the region, but the world’s slow normalisation of, and desensitisation to, what should be an unacceptably high level of violence and human misery."

https://www.ft.com/content/8f21570c-0bd8-48af-b555-07dee6bae6a5

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#normalisation
#desensitisation

Interesting article on compassion fatigue and some steps to address it.
Link: https://theconversation.com/compassion-fatigue-can-happen-to-anyone-heres-how-you-can-overcome-it-217212
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#compassionfatigue #emotionalburden #emotions #desensitisation #compassion #fatigue #covid19 #pandemic #ukraine #russia #gaza #palestine #israel #naturaldisasters #humanplight #worldissues #mentalhealth