AI advice suppresses people's willingness to say "I don't know", even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2607.13562/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTAI advice suppresses people's willingness to say "I don't know", even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized — mentioned by kenferryhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321211urn:hackerpapers:mention:2607.13562:50321211Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:19:15 GMT<p>See https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13562. AI tends to make people much more confident in their answers. I worry about this for myself, and therefore try to limit my use of AI to either &quot;getting things done&quot; or idle queries. For developing real thought, I think of it as a very political underling who wants you to think it&#x27;s valuable.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2607.13562/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AI