Will people trust AI more if it admits its mistakes?
Perfection impresses people. Honesty reassures them.
Perfection sounds attractive.
Until it becomes unbelievable.
The hidden mechanism is authenticity.
Humans expect mistakes.
They expect uncertainty.
A system that admits limits may appear more trustworthy because it feels realistic.
Trust does not grow from being right every time.
Sometimes it grows from being honest about when you might be wrong.

