When AI Commands vs. Suggests: Cultural Moderators of Algorithmic Compliance

Summary

Research abstract on framing AI as assistant or authority and responses from participants in Mexico and the United States.

Manuscript available as a preprint. This record does not imply journal publication or peer review.

Method / approach

The record describes a 2 × 2 factorial design with 173 participants and a professional decision vignette.

Contribution

Examines whether AI communication roles change patterns of recommendation compliance between the groups studied.

Interpretation limits

The public version consulted is two pages long. Read it as a research abstract in preprint form, not a journal article or evidence about entire national populations.

Citation

Covas, V. (2026). When AI Commands vs. Suggests: Cultural Moderators of Algorithmic Compliance [Research abstract; preprint]. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6462313