Book Explores How LLMs Reshape Behavioral Economics via Language
ValerioCapraro · x · 2026-08-18
Prof. Valerio Capraro's new book argues that LLMs may reshape behavioral economics through two main channels: increasing the demand for language-based utility functions as human decisions become language-mediated, and enabling the quantification of decision problem descriptions to systematically study how language shapes behavior. Links to a podcast discussion and the book are provided.
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