We Trust AI Too Much — and for the Wrong Reasons

AI helps us decide what to read, buy, and believe — but we rarely question why we trust it. In this episode, Lianna Adams speaks with Stephanie Stranko, Founder & Research Lead at Ikwe.ai, about how people are quietly handing over decisions to AI without realizing it. They explore which choices should never be delegated to algorithms, why confident AI answers are so easy to accept, and what happens when we assume AI is right by default. They also discuss accountability — why we expect explanations from humans but not from AI, whether companies are incentivized to make AI feel trustworthy rather than actually be trustworthy, and which human skills we risk losing as AI keeps improving. AI doesn’t take responsibility away from us — we hand it over. 🎧 Listen now and start questioning where your trust in AI really comes from.