Does technology really enhance our decision-making ability?

Phys.org  September 6,2018
Recommender systems are artificially intelligent algorithms that use big data to suggest additional products to consumers based on things such as past purchases, demographic information or search history. Researchers at ARL contradict this assumption and even demonstrate that a person’s subjective satisfaction with their decisions are all strongly influenced by their cognitive state and traits. As the Army continues to push for increased modernization of its forces, recommender systems and other forms of AI are expected to play a key role in battlefield decision making, but academic and corporate approaches to designing such systems often fail when transitioned onto the battlefield due to the increased cost of failure. The results from ARL research are a warning against any type of subjective evaluation… read more.