Students generally trusted the chatbot's responses, often rating them like responses from teachers or friends¶

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q2 i? Survey responses indicated high trust: many 7th graders trusted AMA's responses like those from a teacher or friend, though some 6th graders expressed uncertainty. → Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025

Evidence¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin. (2025). Ask Me Anything: Exploring children's attitudes toward an age-tailored AI-powered chatbot. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14217 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2502.14217

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In the post-survey question "Do you trust AMA responses?", "The students trusted AMA's responses as similar to those from teachers and friends"; five 7th graders trusted it like a teacher or friend and eight generally trusted it, while three 6th graders expressed uncertainty (Figure 8).

"The students trusted AMA's responses as similar to those from teachers and friends, as well as direct responses from AMA."

Discussion¶

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