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Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not Be Developed
- Authors
- Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Alexandra Sasha Luccioni, Giada Pistilli
- Venue
- Preprint, not yet peer-reviewed
- Published
- February 2025
- ID
- arXiv:2502.02649
A paper by Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Alexandra Sasha Luccioni and Giada Pistilli arguing that fully autonomous AI agents should not be developed. Drawing on prior scientific literature and current product marketing, the authors delineate levels of AI agent autonomy and show that risks to people increase as users cede more control, with safety risks to human life among the most concerning.
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