Interacting with Machines

Can an Artificially Intelligent Agent Be a Partner

Bibliographic Data

ID19563286
AuthorsPhilipp Schmidt (0000-0003-2538-1762, University of Würzburg, corresponding author), Sophie Loidolt (0000-0003-0984-3146, Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Year2023
Volume36
Issue3
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy & Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-5433 • E-ISSN: 2210-5441
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s13347-023-00656-1
OpenAlexW4386162570
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited76

In the past decade, the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have seen unprecedented developments that raise human-machine interactions (HMI) to the next level. Smart machines , i.e., machines endowed with artificially intelligent systems, have lost their character as mere instruments. This, at least, seems to be the case if one considers how humans experience their interactions with them. Smart machines are construed to serve complex functions involving increasing degrees of freedom, and they generate solutions not fully anticipated by humans. Consequently, their performances show a touch of action and even autonomy. HMI is therefore often described as a sort of “cooperation” rather than as a mere application of a tool. Some authors even go as far as subsuming cooperation with smart machines under the label of partnership , akin to cooperation between human agents sharing a common goal. In this paper, we explore how far the notion of shared agency and partnership can take us in our understanding of human interaction with smart machines. Discussing different topoi related to partnerships in general, we suggest that different kinds of “partnership” depending on the form of interaction between agents need to be kept apart. Building upon these discussions, we propose a tentative taxonomy of different kinds of HMI distinguishing coordination, collaboration, cooperation, and social partnership

Autonomy · Cognitive science · Epistemology · General partnership · Human–computer interaction · Knowledge management · Philosophy of science · Philosophy of technology · Political science · sort · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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