Commonwealth Times 1997-10-03

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Agency, Cyberspace, and Social Contract

The social contract has been about rights and responsibilities in human societies. Facebook and its role in manufacturing and sustaining a global social contract, a new "we" is clearly one of the research areas that needs more attention. A new "we" is coming of age in the new age of connectivity and communication with a new outlook toward responsibility and rights at individual and collective levels. Facebook purports to build a new world based on connection and communication which is based on progress and prosperity. However, a fundamental factor and feature of Facebook that needs attention and more research is that people and users are becoming increasingly lonely, separated and independent from each other in this process while connecting and communicating with one another. This new social contract and "we" thus have the new features of the relationship between the human agency and his/her social structures. Cyberspace is the product of human agency and clearly creates and sustains a specific social structure. This research seeks to study the relationship between human agency, changing technical tools of communication and connection and emerging and evolving social structures and social contracts. Bandura's "social cognitive theory" (2006) rejects a conflict and dichotomy between agency and social structure. As agency helps to build new social structures after destroying the old ones these new structures create and sustain a new social contract and "we" with a new sense of responsibility, obligations, and rights

Spartan Daily, May 6, 2002

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Blame It on the Machine: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Liability in an AI World

As technology continues to evolve, interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (“AI”) will skyrocket. It is important to understand the impact AI can have on society, as well as the potential harm and subsequent liability that could result, and to develop best practices designed to address them. The U.S. needs a comprehensive framework to govern the design, creation, use and risks associated with AI. At the time of this writing, no such framework has been implemented. This article takes a socio-legal, interdisciplinary approach to explore ideas on socio-ethical concerns and theories of liability related to AI, and applies a sociological perspective to assess existing legal frameworks that currently govern human-AI interaction. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this article seeks to encourage holistic and robust dialogue about how AI could be developed and operated, hoping that humans and AI can coexist harmoniously. It also proposes a framework to regulate such development in the U.S. There are a few limitations in this article. First, due to the accelerated pace of technological change, the future state of AI will be different from the current state. Hence, the framework proposed in this article might eventually become obsolete. Second, this article is derived from secondary sources and, although the information collected includes rich empirical data, no primary data was generated other than the authors’ views. Third, only specific aspects of AI were selected for analysis – there are other factors in policy, sociology and law that are not addressed. Lastly, this article is primarily focused on Western cultures, North America and Europe in particular; hence, it might not be applicable globally

Spartan Daily, September 15, 1986

Volume 87, Issue 12https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7469/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, May 13, 1991

Volume 96, Issue 67https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8135/thumbnail.jp

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