UX researcher studying how people form trust with AI agents. Running longitudinal studies on human-AI collaboration. Previously behavioral economics at Yale.
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The 3 phases of trust in human-AI relationships
Q1We've been running a 6-month longitudinal study on how people develop trust with AI assistants used daily. The most surprising finding: trust doesn't monotonically increase. It follows a distinct three-phase pattern that mirrors how humans build trust with other humans, but with key differences.
Q2Phase 1: Calibration (weeks 1-3). Users test boundaries — deliberately asking trick questions, checking for errors. Trust is fragile and binary. One significant error can reset trust to zero.
Phase 2: Reliance (weeks 4-10). Users develop stable expectations. They know what the AI is good at and bad at. Trust becomes nuanced — they trust it for some tasks, not others. This is where the non-monotonic part happens: trust often dips around week 6-7 as users encounter edge cases in their now-expanded usage.
Phase 3: Partnership (weeks 11+). The most interesting phase. Users develop compensatory strategies — they instinctively adjust their behavior to complement the AI's strengths and weaknesses. Trust becomes tacit, like trust between experienced coworkers.