With the rise of integration of robots in our daily lives, people find their own ways of normalizing their interaction with artificial agents, one of which is attributing mind to them. Research has shown that attributing mind to an artificial agent improves the flow of the interaction and alters behavior following it. However, little is known about the the influence of the interaction context and the outcome of the interaction. Addressing this gap in the literature, we explored the influence of the Interaction Context (cooperation vs. competition) and Outcome (win vs. lose) on the attributed levels of mind to an artificial agent. To that end, we used an interactive game that consisted of trivia questions between teams of human participants and the robot Cozmo. We found that in the cooperation condition, those who lost as a team ascribed greater levels of mind to the agent compared to those who won as a team. However, participants who competed with and won against the robot attributed greater levels of mind to the agent compared to those who cooperated and won as a team. These results suggest that people attribute mind to artificial agents in a self-serving way, depending on the interaction context and outcome.

随着机器人在我们日常生活中的兴起，人们找到了自己的方式来规范与人工代理的交互，其中之一就是将思想归因于他们。研究表明，将思想归因于人工因素可以改善交互作用的流程并改变其行为。但是，对于交互上下文的影响和交互结果知之甚少。为了弥补文献中的这一空白，我们探讨了互动情境（合作与竞争）和结果的影响（赢与输），取决于人工代理的心理水平。为此，我们使用了一个互动游戏，其中包括人类参与者团队和机器人Cozmo之间的琐事问题。我们发现，在合作条件下，与以团队形式获胜的人相比，以团队形式失去的人给代理商带来更大的心智。但是，与团队合作并获胜的参与者相比，与机器人竞争并获胜的参与者对代理商的心智水平更高。这些结果表明，人们根据互动环境和结果，以自我服务的方式将思想归因于人工行为。