3 papers
cs.AI2026
Beliefs and Behavior in Language Models
Alex Smolin, Bryan Wilder
There is significant uncertainty about whether abstractions like beliefs or desires usefully describe the behavior of large language models (LLMs). In addition to the inherent scie…
econ.TH2025
Menu Pricing of Large Language Models
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti, Alex Smolin
We develop a framework for the optimal pricing and product design of LLMs in which a provider sells menus of token budgets to users who differ in their valuations across a continuu…
econ.TH2023
Algorithmic Recommendations and Strategic Pricing
Shota Ichihashi, Alex Smolin
We study algorithmic recommendations in a market with a buyer, privately informed sellers, and an algorithm that can recommend a product based on product values and posted prices b…