Conversational technology and reactions to withheld information.

People frequently face decisions that require making inferences about withheld information. The advent of large language models coupled with conversational technology, e.g.

Information gaps for risk and ambiguity.

We apply a model of preferences about the presence and absence of information to the domain of decision making under risk and ambiguity. An uncertain prospect exposes an individual to 1 or more information gaps, specific unanswered questions that capture attention. Gambling makes these questions more important, attracting more attention to them.