Sentiments Toward AI Assistance

Last registered on December 26, 2025
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Sentiments Toward AI Assistance
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0017375
Initial registration date
December 09, 2025

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
December 26, 2025, 1:46 AM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Ala Avoyan
Affiliation
Indiana University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Ivan Dedyukhin
PI Affiliation
Indiana University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2025-12-11
End date
2026-05-10
Keywords
Behavior, Education, Labor
Additional Keywords
AI, assistance, strategy
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study investigates how people perceive the strategic decision-making abilities of others who use AI tools. We are particularly interested in whether people think AI tools can help less experienced individuals perform as well as experts, and how these beliefs vary based on the evaluator's own age, education, and familiarity with AI.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Avoyan, Ala and Ivan Dedyukhin. 2025. "Sentiments Toward AI Assistance." AEA RCT Registry. December 26. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.17375-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Participants are randomly assigned to play a strategic game against one of four opponent types that vary in their characteristics and available resources. The opponent types differ along two dimensions that we communicate to participants before they make their decisions. Participants make choices in the game knowing their opponent's type but without direct interaction. The game structure incentivizes participants to consider their opponent's likely strategic sophistication when making their own decisions.
Intervention Start Date
2025-12-11
Intervention End Date
2026-05-10

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The choice in the game, response times, their cognitive uncertainty measures.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Cognitive Ability, Familiarity with AI, AI use with the task, Risk and Uncertainty attitudes, Demographic characteristics.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
Cognitive Ability measured by Raven Matrices.

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This is a between subject experiment where participants make a single strategic decision in a game. Participants are randomly assigned to face one of several opponent types and are informed about their opponent's characteristics before making their choice.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Computer based randomization using random number generation.
Randomization Unit
Individual participant level.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Not applicable
Sample size: planned number of observations
400
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
About 100 participants in each of the 4 treatments (this does not count lab subjects).
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
The Indiana University Human Research Protection Program
IRB Approval Date
2025-11-24
IRB Approval Number
#29634
Analysis Plan

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