"Till I can get my satisfaction": Open Questions in the Public Desire to Punish AI
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| author | Ungless, Eddie L. Horne, Zachary Ross, Björn |
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| contents | There are countless examples of how AI can cause harm, and increasing evidence that the public are willing to ascribe blame to the AI itself, regardless of how "illogical" this might seem. This raises the question of whether and how the public might expect AI to be punished for this harm. However, public expectations of the punishment of AI have been vastly underexplored. Understanding these expectations is vital, as the public may feel the lingering effect of harm unless their desire for punishment is satisfied. We synthesise research from psychology, human-computer and -robot interaction, philosophy and AI ethics, and law to highlight how our understanding of this issue is still lacking. We call for an interdisciplinary programme of research to establish how we can best satisfy victims of AI harm, for fear of creating a "satisfaction gap" where legal punishment of AI (or not) fails to meet public expectations. |
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| spellingShingle | "Till I can get my satisfaction": Open Questions in the Public Desire to Punish AI Ungless, Eddie L. Horne, Zachary Ross, Björn Human-Computer Interaction Computers and Society There are countless examples of how AI can cause harm, and increasing evidence that the public are willing to ascribe blame to the AI itself, regardless of how "illogical" this might seem. This raises the question of whether and how the public might expect AI to be punished for this harm. However, public expectations of the punishment of AI have been vastly underexplored. Understanding these expectations is vital, as the public may feel the lingering effect of harm unless their desire for punishment is satisfied. We synthesise research from psychology, human-computer and -robot interaction, philosophy and AI ethics, and law to highlight how our understanding of this issue is still lacking. We call for an interdisciplinary programme of research to establish how we can best satisfy victims of AI harm, for fear of creating a "satisfaction gap" where legal punishment of AI (or not) fails to meet public expectations. |
| title | "Till I can get my satisfaction": Open Questions in the Public Desire to Punish AI |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03383 |