Re:Surveillance Pricing: Exploiting Information Asymmetries
by blargey on Thursday April 23, 2026 @01:34PM
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When the algorithm is for estimating consumer surplus, the line between coordination and independent cost-optimization disappears.
Why would you try to one-down on price if an “objective statistical AI algorithm” tells you you’d be leaving money on the table without gaining market share to compensate? All it takes is for the market to be sufficiently concentrated at that point.
Why would you try to one-down on price if an “objective statistical AI algorithm” tells you you’d be leaving money on the table without gaining market share to compensate? All it takes is for the market to be sufficiently concentrated at that point.