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RESEARCH INFORMED CONSENT FORM

STUDY TITLE: Dynamic Adjustment of Human Reliance on AI Advice

INVITATION TO BE A PART OF A RESEARCH STUDY

You are invited to participate in a research study. This form has information to help you decide whether or not you wish to participate - please review it carefully. Your participation is voluntary. Please ask any questions you have about the study or about this form before deciding to participate. You may print or save a copy of this page for your records.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals make decisions when provided with advice from an artificial intelligence (AI) system. Specifically, we are studying how people adjust their level of trust in AI advice after they receive immediate feedback on whether the advice was correct or incorrect over a series of tasks.

ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

You are eligible to participate in this study if: You are 18 years of age or older, reside in the United States, and are a registered user of the Prolific research platform. You must be able to view digital facial images clearly on a computer screen and be comfortable reading and following instructions in English.

You should not participate if: You are under 18 years of age. You should not participate if you have visual impairments that prevent you from accurately perceiving facial features in images. Additionally, since the experiment interface is optimized for desktop and laptop browsers, you should not participate if you are using a smartphone or tablet.

To determine if you are eligible: We use the pre-screening filters provided by the Prolific platform to ensure all participants meet the age and residency requirements. At the beginning of the study, you will also be asked to confirm your consent and verify that you are using a compatible device (desktop or laptop).

DESCRIPTION OF STUDY PROCEDURES

If you agree to participate, you will be asked to:

  1. Initial Instructions and Practice: You will first read a set of instructions that explain how to use the interactive sliders to report your guesses. You will then complete one practice round to become familiar with the interface. This practice round does not affect your final payment.
  2. Image Estimation Task (Approx. 30-40 minutes): You will complete 160 rounds of a decision-making task. In each round, you will see a photograph of a person's face. You will be asked to estimate the probability (from 0% to 100%) that the person in the photo is over 21 years old.
  3. After making your initial guess, you will be shown an estimate from an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system. You will then have the opportunity to provide a final, updated guess based on the AI's suggestion.
  4. Immediately after submitting your final guess in each round, the system will reveal the true age category of the person in the photo (Over 21 or Under 21). This allows you to see how accurate both your guesses and the AI's advice were in real-time.
  5. Payment Selection and Completion: Once all 160 rounds are finished, the system will randomly select one of your rounds to determine your bonus payment. You will see a summary of your performance and a digital lottery result that determines if you earned a bonus. Finally, you will be provided with a brief explanation of the study's goals and a link to ensure the Prolific ID you input is collected and that you can receive your payment within 7 days.
BENEFITS

This study will contribute to the scientific understanding of human-AI interaction. By analyzing how individuals update their beliefs when facing AI advice and objective feedback, the results may help in designing more effective and trustworthy AI assistant systems for professional and everyday decision-making environments. You are not expected to directly benefit from participation in the study.

VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION

Participating in this study is completely voluntary. You may choose not to take part in the study or to stop participating at any time, for any reason, without penalty or negative consequences.

If you withdraw from the study early: You may do so by closing your browser window. No further action is required on your part. However, you will forfeit your fixed payment and bonus.

We may end your participation in the study if: Your responses suggest that you are not following the instructions or you exit the webpage before the tasks are fully finished. If you withdraw or are withdrawn from the study early, then we will not keep information about you that is already collected.

PRIVACY & DATA CONFIDENTIALITY

No information that could be used to identify you will be recorded or linked with the research data collected as a part of this study.

Future Use of Data: Information about you collected for this study may be shared with other researchers, used for other research studies, or placed in a data repository. These studies may be similar to this study or completely different. All information that could identify you will be removed before sharing the data or using it for other research studies. We will not ask you for additional permission before sharing the information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

You are encouraged to ask questions at any time during this study. For information about the study, contact Yicheng Song at ys6138@nyu.edu, or the faculty sponsor, Andrew Caplin at (212) 998-8950, andrew.caplin@nyu.edu.

If you have questions about your rights as a research participant or if you believe you have been harmed from the research, please contact the NYU Human Research Protection Program at (212) 998-4808 or ask.humansubjects@nyu.edu.

Agreement to Participate

By checking below, you are agreeing to participate in this study. Make sure you understand what the study involves before you agree. If you have questions about the study after you agree to participate, you can contact the research team using the information provided above.

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