The Trust Paradox

This psychological tool in the form of a video game is designed to explore the nuanced concept of trust between humans and advanced technologies. Based on the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma, a famous mathematical model of strategic interactions, ‘The Trust Paradox’ encourages players to critically examine and question their interactions with smart tech, promoting conscious and thoughtful engagement. Unlike human-human or human-animal trust, human-technology trust is a new and evolving construct in our brains, and so can be easily manipulated. This game challenges players to rethink their perceptions of trust in the context of ever-advancing AI and technologies we are becoming increasingly dependent upon.