UH West O‘ahu Associate Professor of Psychology Katherine Aumer spoke on the idea that trust in AI involves both confidence in the system’s reliability and a sense of emotional ease or comfort in using it at a webinar titled “Cultures of Intelligence: Rethinking Human AI Interaction Through a Global Lens.”
The webinar was hosted by the Association for Psychological Science as part of its Science for Society series. The session focused on how cultural perspectives influence the way people understand and interact with artificial intelligence. It brought together researchers from various disciplines to discuss how concepts like trust and intelligence can vary across different cultural contexts.
Aumer noted that these forms of trust are shaped by cultural and social factors, and that designing effective AI systems requires understanding how different people relate to technology in everyday life. Drawing from her research in identity, belonging, and interpersonal relationships, she emphasized that user experience with AI goes beyond technical function and includes psychological, cultural, and social dimensions as well.
The event offered a multidisciplinary perspective on the relationship between people and technology and explored how global viewpoints can contribute to the development of AI that is more responsive to a wide range of users.
The full recording of the webinar is available on the Association for Psychological Science’s website (available only to APS members or conference attendees).