The Psychological Science of Artificial Intelligence: A Rapidly Emerging Field of Psychology

TL;DR

This paper reviews the emerging field of psychological science related to AI, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding mental and behavioral processes involving AI from a psychological perspective.

Contribution

It synthesizes existing literature and offers a conceptual framework for research in the psychological science of AI, covering design, usage, and methodological advancements.

Findings

The field has grown exponentially in the past decade.

Provides a structured overview of AI's psychological aspects.

Outlines future directions for research in the field.

Abstract

The psychological science of artificial intelligence (AI) can be broadly defined as an emerging field of psychology that examines all AI-related mental and behavioral processes from the perspective of psychology. This field has been growing exponentially in the recent decade. This review synthesizes the existing literature on the psychological science of AI with a goal to provide a comprehensive conceptual framework for planning, conducting, and assessing scientific research in the field. It consists of six parts, starting with an overview of the entire field of the psychological science of artificial intelligence, then synthesizing the literature in each of the four specific areas (i.e., Psychology of designing AI, psychology of using AI, AI for examining psychological processes, and AI for advancing psychological methods), and concluding with an outlook on the field in the future.