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Computer says no: robo-advice is growing but we still don't trust it

  • Written by Andrew Reeson, Behavioural Economist, CSIRO
imageThose who got advice from the online calculator in the study showed a small, but statistically significant, increase in trust towards robo-advice.www.shutterstock.com

People are open to receiving financial advice from robots, our studies show, but there might be a way to go to in convincing people to trust them over a human.

We surveyed 138 people...

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