arXiv AI

Addressing Trust in AI Systems through Education: A Didactic Perspective

The paper introduces ICE-T, a didactic framework designed to improve trust in AI systems through education. It combines intermodal transfer, computational thinking, and explanatory thinking to address the opacity of machine learning tools. By linking these facets to research on algorithm aversion and AI literacy, the authors argue that trust calibration should be an explicit educational goal.

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Sep 2

Addressing Trust in AI Systems through Education: A Didactic Perspective

The paper identifies two main challenges in machine learning education: opaque tools that give learners only a superficial grasp of ML and hinder the development of calibrated trust in AI systems. It introduces ICE‑T, a didactic framework that combines intermodal transfer, computational thinking, and explanatory thinking to provide representational richness, graduated process control, and error contextualization. By linking these facets to trust‑calibration literature, the authors argue that trust should be an explicit educational goal and that ICE‑T offers a scalable method to achieve it.

arXiv AI
Jul 24

Understanding Critical Thinking in Generative Artificial Intelligence Use: Development, Validation, and Correlates of the Critical Thinking in AI Use Scale

arXiv:2512. 12413v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Generative AI tools are increasingly embedded in everyday work and learning, yet their fluency, opacity, and propensity to hallucinate mean that users must critically evaluate AI outputs rather than accept them at face value.

By Gabriel R. Lau, Wei Yan Low, Louis Tay, Ysabel Guevarra, Dragan Ga\v{s}evi\'c, Andree Hartanto
arXiv AI
Oct 7

Verified, not generated: expert-verified AI study materials and the distribution of learning gains in a university course

The study examined the impact of expert‑verified AI‑generated study materials on first‑year university economics students. In a two‑cohort difference‑in‑differences design, half of the 170 students received podcasts, FAQs, and quiz‑based guides that were produced by a source‑grounded model and checked by a graduate teaching assistant. The intervention produced a 2.34‑mark advantage on a 50‑mark component, reduced the share of marks below the upper‑second classification boundary by 24.7 percentage points, and had the largest gains for students in the bottom quintile. Interviews with 36 students suggested that the verification label encouraged engagement while preserving critical scrutiny of the AI output.

By Canh Thien Dang, An Nguyen
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 7

From Interpretability Methods to Interpretable Models

The paper argues that explainable AI for computer vision has focused too much on developing interpretability methods rather than assessing how interpretable the models themselves are. It proposes a shift toward model-centric evaluation, using existing tools to compare what different models represent and compute, and emphasizes the need to measure whether humans can truly understand these models. The authors review the current toolbox, survey limited model comparison work, draw parallels to systems neuroscience, and outline a future agenda for model-focused XAI.

By Julien Colin, Nuria Oliver, Thomas Serre
arXiv AI
Oct 2

When Reasoning Helps Action: Monitoring and Steering Chain-of-Thought in Vision-Language-Action Policies

The paper introduces TRUST, a token‑level reward model that predicts the correctness of partial chain‑of‑thought (CoT) traces in vision‑language‑action (VLA) policies, enabling monitoring and selective steering of reasoning. On driving and manipulation VLA benchmarks, TRUST improves reasoning accuracy and reduces collision rates and trajectory errors, though its impact on overall task performance varies across tasks. The study defines two evaluation axes—correctability and actionability—to assess when CoT can serve as a runtime safety interface.

By Sathwik Karnik, Joseph JR. Lee, Aryaman Gupta, Somil Bansal