The First Five Seconds
What makes people trust AI before they've had time to think. The legitimacy that builds swift trust shifts entirely with what's at stake — same AI, different stakes, different logic.
Research
Doctoral and peer-reviewed work on generative AI adoption — how trust, distrust, and the dimensions of legitimacy shape whether people accept, advocate for, and grant permission to AI systems.
Doctoral Thesis
Why people champion AI they don't fully trust. Three years and 715 survey responses showing trust and distrust are two separate systems — and only one reliably predicts advocacy.