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A University of Limerick study found that human workers paid female-presenting AI assistants 10.25% less than identical male-presenting ones for the same tasks in a virtual workplace. This demonstrates that gender bias and pay inequality can be replicated in human-AI collaboration, raising concerns about AI perpetuating social inequalities.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The study involves AI systems explicitly (male- and female-presenting AI assistants) performing the same tasks. The harm is realized as gender bias in payment, a violation of equality and potentially labor rights, which fits under harm to communities and violations of rights. The AI system's presentation influenced human behavior leading to this harm, so the AI system's use directly led to the harm. This is not merely a potential risk or a complementary information update but a documented incident of harm involving AI.[AI generated]