Defense Acquisition Research Journal Issue 95

January 2021

metric serves two purposes: first, as a surrogate for experience-based trust by contributing to the formation of initial-trust and, second, as a collection tool for capturing experience-based trust data.

This work emerges from the general question, “Can humans develop trust in complex systems without direct experience and a complete understanding of the technology?” Theories in anthropomorphism (assigned human attri butes to technology) and system hierarchy hold promise in their ability to reduce complexity and improve the acceptance of complex systems. Thus, the specific research question posited by this article is “How does system information affect the adoption of autonomous systems used in high-risk military applications?” To that end, this study attempts to answer the following questions: 1. How does the anthropomorphic categorization and pre sentation of technology affect the development of trust in technologies used in high-risk military applications? The con structs researched include:

° Hardware ° Algorithms ° Links

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