arXiv AI By Chiara Marcoccia, Walter Quattrociocchi, Valerio Capraro

AI advice suppresses people's willingness to say "I don't know", even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized

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arXiv:2607. 13562v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Knowing when to say "I don't know" is fundamental to human judgment, yet AI assistants offer a fluent answer to almost any question.

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