As intelligent agents are becoming human's teammates, not only do humans need to trust intelligent agents, but an intelligent agent should also be able to form artificial trust, i.e. a belief regarding human's trustworthiness. We see artificial trust as the beliefs of competence and willingness, and we study which internal factors (krypta) of the human may play a role when assessing artificial trust. Furthermore, we investigate which observable measures (manifesta) an agent may take into account as cues for the human teammate's krypta. This paper proposes a conceptual model of artificial trust for a specific task during human-agent teamwork. Our model proposes observable measures related to human trustworthiness (ability, benevolence, integrity) and strategy (perceived cost and benefit) as predictors for willingness and competence, based on literature and a preliminary user study.
CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing.