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Debating the Priority of Human Collegial Relationships: Response to Carroll

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In our article “The Potential and Limitations of Artificial Colleagues”, we argue that policy makers and industry leaders ought to prioritise human collegial relationships over relationships with artificial colleagues. We call this the Principle of Strict Priority of Human Collegial Relationships (PSP). Nicholas Carroll offers an intriguing critique of PSP, claiming that it is not a plausible candidate for a governance principle because it is insufficiently action-guiding. Carroll further proposes an amended version of PSP, the Principle of Proportional Priority for Human Collegial Relationships (PPP). Here, we outline two concerns with this proposal. First, we are not convinced that PSP stands in need of an amendment. Second, we are not convinced that PPP is a compelling candidate for an amendment.

Source: Philosophy & Technology

DOI: 10.1007/s13347-025-00942-0

Authors: Friedemann Bieber, Charlotte Franziska Unruh

Institutions: University of Groningen, University of Zurich, University of Southampton

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,290

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Universität Zürich