Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:04:54 +0100 Organization: Retired Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net DaQm/0frRTip9ULdUJzX0Akj4UCEMTZsu3BZHzUp8+eESSUVd/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:mLPAM8zwAdl930pnzONs8l+U/28= sha256:e2btnF01KVs1SSyxs8hLFKpqlT3t9PXAXSH0G4Rqrrs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:183851 On 13/06/2026 09:02, David B. wrote: > Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed > > Abstract > > This paper argues that fully autonomous AI agents should not be > developed. In support of this position, we build from prior scientific > literature and current product marketing to delineate different AI agent > levels and detail the ethical values at play in each, documenting trade- > offs in potential benefits and risks. Our analysis reveals that risks to > people increase with the autonomy of a system: The more control a user > cedes to an AI agent, the more risks to people arise. Particularly > concerning are safety risks, which affect human life and impact further > values. > > https://arxiv.org/html/2502.02649v2#S2 Does anyone reading here on ucsm find this topic of interest? Please advise. Thanks.