Artificial intelligence and robots are increasingly shaping our lives and the way we made our decisions. The intersections of behavioral economics with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robotics appear thus promising and fertile.
Our interdisciplinary research group aim to study how the use of recent advancements can empower individuals to make better financial choice. Thanks to the financial support of the Thinking Forward Initiative, we are currently studying how robo-advisors can be designed to improve choice of individuals, acting as commitment devices.
We also aim to study which features of an android increase individual trust in a robot.