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AI tutor's confident errors lead users to accept false information

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A recent study involving 32 participants learning science from an AI tutor found that individuals accepted approximately two-thirds of the AI's incorrect information. Despite the AI's confident errors, participants' trust in the AI remained largely unaffected, suggesting a tendency for users to align with the AI's output rather than the other way around. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential risks of AI tutors confidently providing incorrect information, suggesting users may over-trust AI outputs.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a study on AI tutoring. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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AI tutor's confident errors lead users to accept false information

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · prunepad_tom ·

    New paper: In a small study with 32 people who were learning science from an AI tutor that was confidently wrong, the participants took over around two of three

    New paper: In a small study with 32 people who were learning science from an AI tutor that was confidently wrong, the participants took over around two of three of its false informations, and they felt almost as sure about them as about the true facts. Their trust in the AI did b…

    LINKS arxiv.org/…/2610.31579

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