Come ci cambia la tecnologia. L’agency delle AI e la capacità cognitiva di prendere decisioni razionali

The article explores the concept of agency in the context of artificial intelligence, analyzing the approach of Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig. After examining three possible levels of machine agency, the contribution reflects on the challenge of attributing agency to algorithms by proposing two interaction paradigms: “substitutivist” and “complementarist”. The latter suggests collaboration between humans and AI, emphasizing a shared decision-making process. The ultimate aim of the contribution is to raise ethical considerations regarding autonomous AI decisions on one hand and the human-machine interaction on the other, especially when such usage involves the cognitive ability to make free decisions.