Towards Responsibly Non-Compliant Machines
Marija Slavkovik, Marie Farrell, Louise Dennis, Michael Fisher, Simon Kolker, Emily C. Collins
cs.AI
Abstract
We consider the problem of engineering autonomous intelligent agents that are capable to responsibly not comply with user requests. We argue that machine non-compliance comes in many different forms, and sketch the issues we should pursue on the road of accomplishing responsibly non-compliant intelligent machines. We anchor responsible non-compliance in justifications for task refusal, pathways to override the non-compliance, as well as careful tracking of security risks and liability transfers.
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