AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
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Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
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#3I appreciate that they’re bringing this study to light… however, none of the source links actually trace back to the quoted study - instead pointing to their own domain or business insider.
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#4I appreciate that they’re bringing this study to light… however, none of the source links actually trace back to the quoted study - instead pointing to their own domain or business insider.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1
Marcoccia, C., et al. AI Advice Suppresses People’s Willingness to Say “I Don’t Know”, Even When the Advice Is Wrong and Accuracy Is Incentivized. PsyArXiv, 15 July 2026, osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#5I appreciate that they’re bringing this study to light… however, none of the source links actually trace back to the quoted study - instead pointing to their own domain or business insider.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1 Marcoccia, C., et al. AI Advice Suppresses People’s Willingness to Say “I Don’t Know”, Even When the Advice Is Wrong and Accuracy Is Incentivized. PsyArXiv, 15 July 2026, osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1
Could we update the post to this link? It’s a way better read
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1 Marcoccia, C., et al. AI Advice Suppresses People’s Willingness to Say “I Don’t Know”, Even When the Advice Is Wrong and Accuracy Is Incentivized. PsyArXiv, 15 July 2026, osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5y6m4_v1
Could we update the post to this link? It’s a way better read
We could not, because it already exists - you can go upvote though? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48969839
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#7AI pessimist view.
Even if AI gets smarter it will still be agreeable, and people will use it to more confidently reinforce thier stupider ideas, especially in areas where they lack the knowledge to know if they are right.
Even if this can be solved, technically, people won't want to use the model that says they are wrong, so they will choose the glib lies that reinforce their beliefs.
Freedown of speech forces people to think they may be wrong, but freedom of association lets people avoid this. AI is going to be internet hug box echo chambers at an unbelievable scale.
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#8This was posted earlier but didn’t get traction, and I made the following comment:
Id want to know if “AI” makes a material difference vs just having access to the wrong answer. Like someone could be given search access that successfully retrieved wrong answers to questions, would that give the same results. How much do uniquely AI characteristics, like sycophancy or the conversational aspect play into this, vs people just being willing to believe what they read?
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#9Advice and information subreddits have gone to shit because of AI usage. A large number of people seem to think that when someone asks a question, what they really want is not someone with direct knowledge, but instead someone to relay the question to ChatGPT and post the result as if it is their own hard earned knowledge and insight. I have no idea about the quality of this research but in the real world (well, real-ish, as real as Reddit can be) it is stark, people aren’t just refusing to say “I don’t know” they’re actively seeking out opportunities to pretend they know things.
Re: AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
#10AI pessimist view. Even if AI gets smarter it will still be agreeable, and people will use it to more confidently reinforce thier stupider ideas, especially in areas where they lack the knowledge to know if they are right. Even if this can be solved, technically, people won't want to use the model that says they are wrong, so they will choose the glib lies that reinforce their beliefs. Freedown of speech forces peopl…
The solution is to stop treating AI as superhuman semi-living entities, as many boosters are apt to do. We can acknowledge it as a useful tool while understanding it has limits and is not “alive” or “thinking” in the same way a human is.