Brains or beauty: How to engender trust in user-agent interactions
BF Yuksel, P Collisson, M Czerwinski - ACM Transactions on Internet …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
BF Yuksel, P Collisson, M Czerwinski
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), 2017•dl.acm.orgSoftware-based agents are becoming increasingly ubiquitous and automated. However,
current technology and algorithms are still fallible, which considerably affects users' trust and
interaction with such agents. In this article, we investigate two factors that can engender user
trust in agents: reliability and attractiveness of agents. We show that agent reliability is not
more important than agent attractiveness. Subjective user ratings of agent trust and
perceived accuracy suggest that attractiveness may be even more important than reliability.
current technology and algorithms are still fallible, which considerably affects users' trust and
interaction with such agents. In this article, we investigate two factors that can engender user
trust in agents: reliability and attractiveness of agents. We show that agent reliability is not
more important than agent attractiveness. Subjective user ratings of agent trust and
perceived accuracy suggest that attractiveness may be even more important than reliability.
Software-based agents are becoming increasingly ubiquitous and automated. However, current technology and algorithms are still fallible, which considerably affects users’ trust and interaction with such agents. In this article, we investigate two factors that can engender user trust in agents: reliability and attractiveness of agents. We show that agent reliability is not more important than agent attractiveness. Subjective user ratings of agent trust and perceived accuracy suggest that attractiveness may be even more important than reliability.
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