Acemoglu, Daron; Makhdoumi, Ali; Malekian, Azarakhsh; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We build a model of online behavioral manipulation driven by AI advances. A platform dynamically offers one of n … behavioral manipulation. We establish that AI benefits consumers when glossiness is short-lived. In contrast, when glossiness is … long-lived, users suffer because of behavioral manipulation. Finally, as the number of products increases, the platform can …