The Assumption of Agency Theory
Forbes-Pitt, Kate
The Assumption of Agency Theory revisits the Turing Test and examines what Turing¿s assessor knew. It asks important questions about how machines vis à vis humans have been characterized since Turing, and seeks to reverse the trend of looking closely at the machine by asking what humans know in interaction and how they know it. This book characterizes a non-human agent that shows itself in interaction but is distinct from human agency: an agen...
