week 12 - ai and rational agency Flashcards
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Q: What is the Enlightenment model of rational agency
A view from Enlightenment thinkers that sees human beings as essentially rational and autonomous agents, guided by reason in their actions and moral choices.
rational agency
rumsfled matrix
enlightenment model
francis bacons idols of the mind
normative framework
Q: What key features define the Enlightenment model?
Rationality: Humans act according to reason.
Autonomy: Individuals are self-governing.
Universality: Moral principles apply equally to all rational agents.
Progress: Rational thought leads to moral and social advancement.
rumsfeld
paved the way for the invasion of iraq with his claim about their weapons of mass destruction
unknown known
things we turn a blind eye to, things we rely on without admitting or even knowing it - our biases and prejudices, gut feelings and sheer intuitions
enlightenment model
4 epistemic conditions we can find ourselves in
4 epistemic conditions
known unkNown (DOUBT)
known knowns (kNOWLEDGE)
unknown unknowns (iGNORANCE)
unknown knowns (prejuicde)
idols of the mind
things we rely on without knowing it or without understanding why
enlightenment model idea view
view of what a human being is, or should be like is rich and highly complex
involves a cognitive and moral profile of the ind as well as a set of social conditions
normative framework
self image as rational beings involves a complex network of interrelated qualaties of the sort that you typically dins present day job descp.
*IDEAL
- know what is expected of us and we do our best to live up to these expectations
hubert dreyfus critiques on AI
- only novises need rules and rational deliberation to guide their actions
- expecrts excel at skillful coping based on years of experience
dreyfus model
outlines how people progress through five stages of learning when acquiring a new skill. It was developed by Stuart and Hubert Dreyfus in the 1980s.
dreyfus model stages
novice
competence
proficiency
expertise
mastery
two concepts of self image enlightment model
knowledge and agency
for a claim k to qualify as knowledge
k must be:
content of a belief
true
justified
epistemic opacity
big data and machine learning are black box process
machines are epistemic opacity two sense
- impossible for us to know what the machine has learned. BELIEF IS COMPROMISED
- impossible to trace the reasoning behind machine produced beliefs. JUSTIFICATION IS COMPRISIMED
moral opacity :
surveillance capitalism
- no longer personally and fully in charge of our own actions
- our actions have hidden components ruled by alien intentionality
resotring agency
raise awarness
put users in charge again by changing the arch of the internet
