What Did My Car Say? Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Explanation Errors and Driving Context On Comfort, Reliance, Satisfaction, and Driving Confidence
<|reference_start|>What Did My Car Say? Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Explanation Errors and Driving Context On Comfort, Reliance, Satisfaction, and Driving Confidence: Explanations for autonomous vehicle (AV) decisions may build trust, however, explanations can contain errors. In a simulated driving study (n = 232), we tested how AV explanation errors, driving context characteristics (perceived harm and driving difficulty), and personal traits (prior trust and expertise) affected a passenger's comfort in relying on an AV, preference for control, confidence in the AV's ability, and explanation satisfaction. Errors negatively affected all outcomes. Surprisingly, despite identical driving, explanation errors reduced ratings of the AV's driving ability. Severity and potential harm amplified the negative impact of errors. Contextual harm and driving difficulty directly impacted outcome ratings and influenced the relationship between errors and outcomes. Prior trust and expertise were positively associated with outcome ratings. Results emphasize the need for accurate, contextually adaptive, and personalized AV explanations to foster trust, reliance, satisfaction, and confidence. We conclude with design, research, and deployment recommendations for trustworthy AV explanation systems.<|reference_end|>
@article{kaufman2024what,
    title={What Did My Car Say? Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Explanation Errors and
  Driving Context On Comfort, Reliance, Satisfaction, and Driving Confidence},
    author={Robert Kaufman, Aaron Broukhim, David Kirsh, Nadir Weibel},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05731},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2409.05731},
    primaryClass={cs.HC cs.AI}
}