At the start of July, Centre member Yonatan Shemmer and Sheffield philosopher Paul Faulkner convened a workshop in Sheffield, in collaboration with the Center for Machine Intelligence on Trust, Trustworthiness and AI.
The workshop explored the relations between Trust, Trustworthiness and AI.Â
Central questions included:
– Is it a category mistake to think of AI as trustworthy or untrustworthy?
– Can AIs be treated as epistemic authorities?
– Do we have good reasons to form beliefs on the basis of information provided by AIs in their current state.
– Is it OK to believe what ChatGPT tells us?
– Can we speak of AIs as having or lacking good will?
– Is the possession of motivating mental states necessary for trustworthiness?
– Can AIs be trustworthy in discretionary situations?
The workshop speakers were:
Paul Faulkner, “It’s OK to Believe an AI Chatbot”
Alison Hills, “Trustworthiness and the crisis of trust”
Matt Jope, “Epistemic Responsibility and Artificial Agency”
Jesper Kallestrup, “Epistemic AI: Instruments, Authorities or Experts”
Andy Kirton, “Waiting for Godbot”
Ethan Landes, “Is trusting AI conceptually coherent? Interpersonal concepts and the nearly-human”
Hallvard Lilliehammer, “Trust, Autonomy and Your Most Intimate Friend”
David Owens, “Trusting Authority: Testimony and Command”
Yonatan Shemmer, “Discretion, Trustworthiness and AI”
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