3 papers
cs.AI2026
Trust or Check? Understanding the (Evolutionary) Dynamics of User Trust in AI Systems
Adeela Bashir, Zhao Song, Ndidi Bianca Ogbo +21
As the capabilities and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems grow, trust in these AI systems is an increasingly urgent concern. Much research has focused on models of A…
cs.MA2026
Fairness Dynamics in Digital Economy Platforms with Biased Ratings
J. Martin Smit, Fernando P. Santos
The digital services economy consists of online platforms that facilitate interactions between service providers and consumers. This ecosystem is characterized by short-term, often…
cs.CY2025
Simulated Affection, Engineered Trust: How Anthropomorphic AI Benefits Surveillance Capitalism
Adele Olof-Ors, Martin Smit
In this paper, we argue that anthropomorphized technology, designed to simulate emotional realism, are not neutral tools but cognitive infrastructures that manipulate user trust an…