Automation bias
Etymology
From automation, ultimately Greek automatos, "self-acting." The term arose in human-factors research on aviation and clinical systems in the 1990s (notably work by Mosier and Skitka), which found operators would follow a computer’s recommendation and even ignore contradictory instruments — errors of both commission and omission.
noun · /aw-tuh-MAY-shun BY-us/
The tendency to over-trust automated systems, accepting their outputs even when your own judgment or the evidence disagrees.
What it names
Why people drive into lakes because the GPS said so — a machine’s confident answer can override the senses telling you it’s wrong.
Example
Automation bias let the radiologist wave past a tumor the AI had flagged as clear.
Related idea
Anchoring effect fixes you to a starting number; automation bias fixes you to a machine’s verdict as the default truth.