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AI Anti-pattern

The Trust Fall

Verification habits eroding as AI use increases.

Why it matters

Users who verify less as they get faster are trading short-term speed for compounding errors. The model's confidence does not correlate with its accuracy. Familiarity breeds uncritical acceptance.

  • Automation bias: expert over-reliance on AI-generated answers (Skitka et al.)
  • Lee et al. CHI 2025: verification before shipping as a core AI fluency signal

What this looks like

Declining rate of clarifying questions and pushback over two or more months while session volume grows. Acceptance without editing becoming the dominant pattern.

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