The Illusion of AI Personhood

meticulously examined technical safeguards, bias detection, and transparency guidelines—all crucial components of ethical AI. Yet discussions of the consciousness and intentions of the humans creating and using these systems remained largely absent. In design meetings, we rarely asked how the state of mind of developers influenced code or how the a... See more

It has become standard to describe A.I. as a tool. I argue that this framing is incorrect. It does not aid in the completion of a task. It completes the task for you. A.I. is a service. You cede control and decisions to an A.I. in the way you might to an independent contractor hired to do a job that you do not want to or are unable to do. This is i... See more