Preprint
Oct 2026
The Differential Effects of AI Abstention on Advice Acceptance
AI advising systems are typically designed to always provide a response. Recent work has focused on developing systems that withhold advice in some instances, such as when advice quality is questionable, to improve the overall quality of guidance when it is given; a design paradigm we refer to as AI abstention. While s...
Nicholas Wolczynski, Yotam Liel, M. Saar-Tsechansky et al.
· 0 citations