Point and Network Notions of Artificial Intelligence Agency

Rabiza, Marcin

doi:10.3390/proceedings2022081018

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“…Determining agency-status is an important task for AI ethicists as agency-status informs legislation, policy, moral obligation, responsibility, accountability, and punishment (among other things). According to Rabiza ( 2022 ), inquiry into AI agency can take two forms: point notions of agency and network approaches to agency (referring a network of actors– both Human and AI– and the relationships they share as indicative of agency-status). While the latter is certainly interesting, for the purpose of this paper, we shall focus primarily on the former.…”

Section: Agency In Ai and In Humansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Artificial Intelligence and Agency: Tie-breaking in AI Decision-Making

Swanepoel,

Corks

2024

Sci Eng Ethics

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Determining the agency-status of machines and AI has never been more pressing. As we progress into a future where humans and machines more closely co-exist, understanding hallmark features of agency affords us the ability to develop policy and narratives which cater to both humans and machines. This paper maintains that decision-making processes largely underpin agential action, and that in most instances, these processes yield good results in terms of making good choices. However, in some instances, when faced with two (or more) choices, an agent may find themselves with equal reasons to choose either - thus being presented with a tie. This paper argues that in the event of a tie, the ability to create a voluntarist reason is a hallmark feature of agency, and second, that AI, through current tie-breaking mechanisms does not have this ability, and thus fails at this particular feature of agency.

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Section: Agency In Ai and In Humansmentioning

confidence: 99%