Is Subliminal Manipulation Really the Threat?

Smolinski, J., Smolinski, R., Kesting, P., & Kröcher, F. (2026). Ethical guidelines for designing, developing, and deploying AI negotiation agents. Group Decision and Negotiation, 35, 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-026-10011-2 One of the article’s central psychological concerns is that AI negotiation agents could exploit human vulnerabilities through sublimiminal or unconscious influence. This…