AIs, hybrid systems, agency and identity
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2024
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Boyd, R.
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Elliott, A.
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Source details - Title: The De Gruyter Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Identity and Technology Studies, 2024 / Elliott, A. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.11-35
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This chapter commences with an exploration of the historical career of the concept of agency, from an initial formulation as the capacity for self-action on the part of possessive individuals (and human collectives) through to more recent understandings that centre on the effects of social engagements among humans and nonhumans. I then critically examine the ways this history is reflected in representations of the agency of artificial intelligence (AI), be it as a property of a Cartesian thinking thing, or an effect of a network of collaborative relationships constituting hybrid socio-technical systems. The chapter closes with some reflections on the implications of new understandings of agency for the question of identity in an age of AI.
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Copyright 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH