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Brett Israelsen

Measuring AI in human terms.

Publications

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Selected Publications

  • Omissive Bias in Religious Representation: Benchmarking LLM Answers to Everyday Ethical Decision-making. David Wingate, Sheryl Carty, Joshua Coates, Daniel Feldman, Nancy Fulda, Larry Howell, Brett Israelsen, et al. arXiv, 2026. Paper
  • When AI Takes Sides on Questions of Faith: Persistent Asymmetries in AI-Mediated Faith Guidance. Brett Israelsen, Sheryl Carty, Josh Coates, Nancy Fulda, Julie Park, Pete Whiting. arXiv, 2026. Paper
  • “A Good Bot Always Knows Its Limitations”: Assessing Autonomous System Decision-Making Competencies through Factorized Machine Self-Confidence. Brett Israelsen, Nisar R. Ahmed, Matthew Aitken, Eric W. Frew, Dale A. Lawrence, Brian M. Argrow. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 2025. Journal
  • A Tiered Approach for Ethical AI Evaluation Metrics. Brett Israelsen, Peggy Wu, Kunal Srivastava, Bob Grabowski. In Trolley Crash: Approaching Key Metrics for Ethical AI Practitioners, 2024.
  • Introducing SMRTT: A Structural Equation Model of Multimodal Real-Time Trust. Brett Israelsen, Peggy Wu, K. Woodruff, G. Avdic-McIntire, A. Radlbeck, A. McLean, et al. Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2021.
  • “Dave... I Can Assure You... That It’s Going To Be All Right...”: A Definition, Case For, and Survey of Algorithmic Assurances in Human-Autonomy Trust Relationships. Brett W. Israelsen, Nisar R. Ahmed. ACM Computing Surveys, 2019. DOI
  • Adaptive Simulation-Based Training of Artificial-Intelligence Decision Makers Using Bayesian Optimization. Brett Israelsen, Nisar Ahmed, Kenneth Center, Roderick Green, Winston Bennett Jr. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 2018.
  • Towards Adaptive Training of Agent-Based Sparring Partners for Fighter Pilots. Brett W. Israelsen, Nisar R. Ahmed, Kenneth Center, Roderick Green, Winston Bennett. AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, 2017. Details