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Dd

Addiction

Severity5/10

Addictive Design

Hyper-optimization of recommendation algorithms to maximize engagement time by exploiting psychological vulnerabilities and dopaminergic reward systems.

Periodic recordHuman-AIarXiv2025

Michelle Nie

Mitigation Strategy

Regulation of addictive recommendation algorithms, ethical design requirements with engagement limits, and time control tools for users.

Atomic Number

52

Dd

Risk ID

te-52

Severity

5/10

Severity Level

52
Human-AI
te-52
Dd

Addiction

Addictive Design

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Addictive Design

Dd
Severity Level5/10

Definition

Hyper-optimization of recommendation algorithms to maximize engagement time by exploiting psychological vulnerabilities and dopaminergic reward systems.

Mitigation Strategy

Regulation of addictive recommendation algorithms, ethical design requirements with engagement limits, and time control tools for users.

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