7 papers
High-Risk AI Systems and the Problem of Identity in the European AI Act
Andrea Ferrario
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) establishes a lifecycle governance regime for high-risk AI systems built around ex-ante conformity assessment, post-market monitoring, and…
A Category Theory Account of AI Identity
Andrea Ferrario
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are routinely modified after deployment through retraining and changes in their environments. These transformations raise a metaphysical questi…
Tree-Based Formalization of Multi-Agent Complementarity in Human-AI Interactions
Andrea Ferrario
Complementarity is the case in which a human--AI interaction (HAI) outperforms the best prediction benchmark available among its members. Although this idea is central in HAI resea…
A Scoping Review of the Ethical Perspectives on Anthropomorphising Large Language Model-Based Conversational Agents
Andrea Ferrario, Rasita Vinay, Matteo Casserini +1
Anthropomorphisation -- the phenomenon whereby non-human entities are ascribed human-like qualities -- has become increasingly salient with the rise of large language model (LLM)-b…
Update Opacity: Epistemic Accessibility and Governance Under AI System Change
Andrea Ferrario, Joshua Hatherley
Machine learning models embedded in deployed AI systems are routinely updated to maintain correct functioning over time. Yet such updates can generate update opacity: users may not…
Epistemology gives a Future to Complementarity in Human-AI Interactions
Andrea Ferrario, Alessandro Facchini, Juan M. Durán
Human-AI complementarity is the claim that a human supported by an AI system can outperform either alone in a decision-making process. Since its introduction in the humanAI interac…