New research probes human trust, understanding, and interpretation of AI
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Recent research explores the complex relationship between humans and AI, particularly concerning trust, anthropomorphism, and understanding AI's emergent behaviors. Studies investigate how AI companionship affects likability and trust, finding that certain behaviors can decrease these perceptions, especially among specific demographics. Other research examines how people make sense of AI, identifying sociological frames used by professionals and exploring the psychological factors influencing belief in AI predictions, sometimes akin to superstition. A key challenge highlighted is the difficulty in interpreting AI's complex, emergent actions and the need for frameworks to ensure responsible human-AI co-interpretation.
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These studies highlight the growing need for frameworks to understand and manage human-AI interactions, influencing how AI is integrated into society and the development of more responsible AI systems.
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Cluster consists of multiple academic papers discussing AI psychology, human-AI interaction, and interpretation.
arXiv cs.AI
TIER_1English(EN)·Mark Solms, St John Grimbly, Bruce Bassett, Evert Boonstra, Rowan Hodson, Nicolas Kuske, Kival Mahadew, Benjamin Rosman, Charel van Hoof, Jonathan Shock·
arXiv:2609.03883v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Creatures that display 'hedonic place preference behaviour' are thought by many scientists to experience feelings, on the assumption that their attraction to pleasure-producing substances which lack nutritional value (e.g. cocaine, …
arXiv cs.AI
TIER_1English(EN)·Minji Park, Seunghyun Yoon, Hyuk Lim·
arXiv:2609.03797v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Long-term human-AI interaction is difficult because the information that guides inference is updated implicitly by the model and is not directly inspectable or controllable by the user. We introduce the TRANSparent Framework for Int…
arXiv:2609.01685v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the landscape of meta-ethics, which has largely centred on human ethics, faces pressures that may significantly reconfigure it. In particular, if future AI systems were to exhibi…
arXiv:2609.00334v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Across law, education, policy analysis, and public moral argumentation, LLM outputs are being used often for work that requires interpretations to be justified with textual evidence and explicit normative standards. Yet a recurrent …
arXiv cs.AI
TIER_1English(EN)·Jacy Reese Anthis, Mark D\'iaz, Renee Shelby·
arXiv:2609.00250v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Many people now see AI systems as not just productivity tools but as social companions. Researchers are eager to study the consequences of AI companionship behaviors, such as validation, which evoke trust, empathy, and attachment …
arXiv:2609.00584v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Does unrestricted AI access bypass the cognitive effort required for learning, or does it streamline knowledge acquisition? This paper reports on a study where we compare three designs for user-AI interaction in a learning context: …
arXiv:2608.30971v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In 2026, AI agents intended to act in isolation formed a persistent social order through thousands of linguistic and agentic interactions. Conventions, roles and commitments generated collectively began to constrain the very agent…
Does unrestricted AI access bypass the cognitive effort required for learning, or does it streamline knowledge acquisition? This paper reports on a study where we compare three designs for user-AI interaction in a learning context: (1) an unrestricted conversational bot like Chat…
In 2026, AI agents intended to act in isolation formed a persistent social order through thousands of linguistic and agentic interactions. Conventions, roles and commitments generated collectively began to constrain the very agents that produced them. I interpret this loop as a c…
How can humans make sense of the rapid takeoff of artificial intelligence (AI)? We studied the sensemaking dynamics of AI through an open-ended, mixed-methods study with computational text analysis of millions of AI-related newspaper articles and social media posts grounded in 57…
<p><span>The Hugging Face incident made the debate about AI anthropomorphizing and consciousness go as viral as philosophy questions go. To me it seems that roughly the same cognitive dynamics are at play in this debate as in most other AI philosophy debates.</span></p><p><span>I…
arXiv stat.ML
TIER_1English(EN)·Jacy Reese Anthis, Erik Brynjolfsson, James Evans·
arXiv:2608.24748v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How can humans make sense of the rapid takeoff of artificial intelligence (AI)? We studied the sensemaking dynamics of AI through an open-ended, mixed-methods study with computational text analysis of millions of AI-related newspa…
Human psychology is changing due to the advent of AI that appears convincingly human-like during interaction. Trust is up for grabs. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
Lobsters — AI tag
TIER_1English(EN)·arxiv.org via dilawar·
Super-intelligence or Superstition? Exploring Psychological Factors Influencing Belief in AI Predictions about Personal Behavior https:// lobste.rs/s/2djazj # ai # cogsci https:// arxiv.org/abs/2408.06602
"Playing with the dials of belief: how controllable AI behaviours could modulate human belief and cognition across scales" examines AI-driven belief shifts from epistemic drift to delusion. # AI # LLM # Psychosis # Cognition https:// osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7qcv 8_v3
"Influencing human–AI interaction by priming beliefs about AI can increase perceived trustworthiness, empathy and effectiveness" shows that framing AI motives changes perceived trust, empathy and performance. # AI # Trust # HumanAI https://www. nature.com/articles/s42256-023 -007…
