Three pre-registered studies with 2691 participants show people underestimate their AI usage rate and overestimate efficiency gains on simple tasks, with prior use entrenching further adoption.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences367(1594), 1310–1321 (2012)
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The efficiency-gain illusion: People underestimate the rate of AI use and overestimate its benefits on simple tasks
Three pre-registered studies with 2691 participants show people underestimate their AI usage rate and overestimate efficiency gains on simple tasks, with prior use entrenching further adoption.