3 papers
econ.GN2026
Going Beyond the In-/Out-Group Dichotomy: Investigating Altruism towards Middle-Groups
Leon Houf, Christiane Schwieren
In-group favouritism and out-group hostility are well-documented, but real-world group settings rarely fit a simple dichotomy. Often, a "middle-group" shares some identity markers…
cs.AI2026
The Internal Anatomy of Strategic Choice in Large Language Models
Vinícius Ferraz, Leon Houf, Enrico Ferrea
Large language models act as strategic agents and models of human choice, yet choosing like a strategic agent does not mean computing like one. We recorded activations from four op…
econ.GN2026
Access to Live AI Advice and Behavior Under Risk: An Incentivized Experiment
Paul Althaus, Leon Houf, Christiane Schwieren
Generative AI has become an everyday advisor, and the systems people consult are live and interactive, not pre-scripted. We ask whether access to such a system changes behavior und…