Meanings
plural automation biases
- uncountableusuallyThe propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems.
Automation bias means that technology doesn't even have to malfunction for it to be a threat to our lives—and GPS is again a familiar culprit.
2018, James Bridle, “Computation”, in The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 421 more example
The briefing paper also highlights the risk of “automation bias”, whereby police officers become overreliant on the use of analytical tools, undermining their discretion and causing them to disregard other relevant factors.
2019 September 15, Jamie Grierson, “Predictive policing poses discrimination risk, thinktank warns”, in The Guardian
Translations
Finnish automaatiovinouma
- automaatiovinoumaTranslations
German Automatisierungsverzerrung
- AutomatisierungsverzerrungTranslations
Polish błąd automatyzacji
- błąd automatyzacjiTranslations
Portuguese viés da automação
- viés da automaçãoTranslations
Swedish automatiseringsbias, automationsbias
- automatiseringsbiasTranslations
- automationsbiasTranslations
Cite this entry
automation bias. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automation%20bias
“automation bias.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automation%20bias. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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