AIAI Seminar - Monday, 1 April 2024 - Talk by Mario Guenther

Speaker: Mario Guenther

Title: When Should We Attribute Beliefs to AI Systems?

Abstract:

How should we explain a decision made by an AI system to a layperson? It has been suggested that an AI system can be seen as a rational agent whose behavior is explainable in terms of beliefs and desires. This answer requires a theory that allows us to attribute beliefs to an AI system in a justified way. Here we propose such a theory of belief attribution which helps the layperson to understand how a given AI system works on a level that abstracts away from its underlying probability calculations. We argue that the resulting explanations engender trust in AI systems where trust is appropriate.

Mario.Guenther@lmu.de