AI Agents and Conflicts of Interest
Paper recommendation: "Designing Loyalty: AI Agents and Conflicts of Interest" by Ella Genasci Smith et al. | Edition #317
TL;DR
- The spread of non-human agency will require an overhaul of liability paradigms.
- Current legal systems do not adequately address the risks posed by AI agents.
- The concept of an 'agentic economy' requires rethinking AI accountability.
- The paper discusses applying the duty of loyalty to AI agents.
- Other policy recommendations include digital agent identifiers, federal privacy legislation, and adverse incident reporting.