Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-5-2023
Disciplines
Applied Ethics | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Computer Sciences | Religion
Abstract
Recent developments in AI, especially the spectacular success of Large Language models, have instigated renewed questioning of what remains distinctively human. As AI stands poised to take over more and more human tasks, what is left that distinguishes humans? One way we might identify a humanlike intelligence would be when we detect it telling lies. Yet AIs lack both the intention and the motivation to truly tell lies, instead producing merely bullshit. With neither emotions, embodiment, nor the social awareness that leads to a theory of mind, AIs lack the internal referents on which to judge truth or falsity. When we are deceived by our computers, we need to look for the hidden agent who benefits from the deception.
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023
This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-023-00989-6
Recommended Citation
Herzfeld, N. Is Your Computer Lying? AI and Deception. SOPHIA (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-023-00989-6