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AIs, hybrid systems, agency and identity

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dc.contributor.authorBoyd, R.
dc.contributor.editorElliott, A.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.identifier.citationSource details - Title: The De Gruyter Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Identity and Technology Studies, 2024 / Elliott, A. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.11-35
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/9783110721751-002
dc.identifier.isbn9783110721256
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/39779
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWalter de Gruyter
dc.publisher.placeBerlin
dc.relation.fundingARC DP220102630
dc.relation.ispartofseries1
dc.rightsCopyright 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH
dc.source.urihttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unisa/reader.action?docID=31518996%26ppg=21
dc.subjectAIs
dc.subjectagency
dc.subjectreplicants
dc.subjecthybrid systems
dc.subjectcentredness/distributedness
dc.subjectautomated self
dc.subjecteXperimental self
dc.titleAIs, hybrid systems, agency and identity
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916891731001831

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