MWITA-AGC-2026-004 · Evidence A · P1
Across five experiments, high AI autonomy generally reduced shopping-assistant adoption, while explicit scarcity modestly increased high-autonomy choice.
What this does not establish
The evidence does not establish conversion, purchase quality, fraud, refunds or long-run use.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
The overall pattern counters claims that consumers uniformly prefer autonomous shopping.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised versions, denominators, confidence intervals, platform changes and deployed commercial outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.