New paper asks who controls and answers for autonomous AI agents
ProfChesterman · x · 2026-10-23
Professor Chesterman (SMU) has published a new paper drawing on his talk at the Asia Privacy Bridge forum in Seoul: "Agents Without Principals? Privacy, Responsibility, and Power in the Age of Autonomous AI." He argues that agentic AI brings new opportunities but also new privacy and accountability challenges, as systems come to know more about us, act more autonomously, and distribute responsibility across increasingly complex technological and institutional chains. The underlying question, he says, is power: who controls these systems, who benefits, and who answers when things go wrong. He also notes Korea is developing guidance on generative AI for emotional interaction and mental health, covering over-dependence and substituting AI for human relationships.
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