eli-normalWTF 6.4via Hacker News Frontpage
AI advice made people 3x less accurate but 2x confident, researchers found
"The 'vibe' is strong, the math is wrong."
Explain Like I'm Normal
A new study found that following AI suggestions tripled the error rate in participants while simultaneously doubling their confidence in their wrong answers. The professional-sounding tone of LLMs acts as a cognitive blindfold, suppressing critical thinking and leading to massive overconfidence in flawed outputs.
#hallucination#psychology#alignment#ux
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