Research Article

AI Trust: Can Explainable AI Enhance Warranted Trust?

Table 4

Results of ANOVA for the risk and performance interaction on the dependent variables.

Dependent variableHigh performanceLow performance value
High riskLow riskHigh riskLow risk

MDMT10.020.0020.047
Direct subjective trust5.990.0150.028
Behavioural trust0.1300.720.001
AI understandability4.330.0390.021
XAI quality6.510.0110.031

indicates significant results at the significance level of 0.05. In all self-reported measures, when the performance of the AI system is low, trust levels are higher when the risk is low compared to a high-risk scenario.