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Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance
https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/just-believing-that-an-ai-is-helping-boosts-your-performance
Researchers discover an **AI placebo effect** where task performance improves when people believe an AI helps them.
"The results also pose a significant challenge for research on HCI, since expectations would influence the outcome unless placebo control studies were used.
‘These results suggest that many studies in the field may have been skewed in favor of AI systems,’ concludes Welsch."
https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/just-believing-that-an-ai-is-helping-boosts-your-performance
Researchers discover an **AI placebo effect** where task performance improves when people believe an AI helps them.
"The results also pose a significant challenge for research on HCI, since expectations would influence the outcome unless placebo control studies were used.
‘These results suggest that many studies in the field may have been skewed in favor of AI systems,’ concludes Welsch."