arXiv:2503.05857cs.CYcs.AI2025-03被引 1

让普通用户也能用AI轻松做系统思维,解决社会问题。

SYMBIOSIS: Systems Thinking and Machine Intelligence for Better Outcomes in Society

  • 用AI把复杂系统图转成自然语言,降低使用门槛。
  • 建立按可持续发展目标分类的开源模型库。
  • 适合想用AI解决社会问题的研究者和实践者。

本文提出SYMBIOSIS,一个基于人工智能的框架与平台,旨在使系统思维更易用于应对社会挑战,并推动系统思维在改善AI系统中的应用。该平台通过主题建模与分类技术,构建了一个集中式、开源的系统思维/系统动力学模型库,按可持续发展目标(SDGs)和社会议题分类。系统思维资源虽对阐明复杂问题中的因果关系至关重要,但常被专业工具和复杂符号所限制,导致入门困难。为此,我们开发了生成式协作助手,可将因果回路图、存量流量图等复杂表示转换为自然语言(反之亦然),使用户无需专业训练即可探索和构建模型。基于社区驱动系统动力学(CBSD)和社区洞察,我们致力于弥合问题理解鸿沟。这一鸿沟由认知不确定性驱动,常导致机器学习开发者因缺乏特定社区知识而形成错误因果假设,降低干预效果并引发有害偏见。近期研究指出因果与溯因推理是AI的关键前沿,而系统思维为此提供了天然兼容框架。通过提升系统思维的可及性与友好性,SYMBIOSIS旨在为负责任且以社会为中心的AI研究奠定基础。本工作强调了持续研究AI理解复杂适应系统本质能力的必要性,为更契合社会需求、更有效的AI系统铺路。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper presents SYMBIOSIS, an AI-powered framework and platform designed to make Systems Thinking accessible for addressing societal challenges and unlock paths for leveraging systems thinking frameworks to improve AI systems. The platform establishes a centralized, open-source repository of systems thinking/system dynamics models categorized by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and societal topics using topic modeling and classification techniques. Systems Thinking resources, though critical for articulating causal theories in complex problem spaces, are often locked behind specialized tools and intricate notations, creating high barriers to entry. To address this, we developed a generative co-pilot that translates complex systems representations - such as causal loop and stock-flow diagrams - into natural language (and vice-versa), allowing users to explore and build models without extensive technical training. Rooted in community-based system dynamics (CBSD) and informed by community-driven insights on societal context, we aim to bridge the problem understanding chasm. This gap, driven by epistemic uncertainty, often limits ML developers who lack the community-specific knowledge essential for problem understanding and formulation, often leading to ill informed causal assumptions, reduced intervention effectiveness and harmful biases. Recent research identifies causal and abductive reasoning as crucial frontiers for AI, and Systems Thinking provides a naturally compatible framework for both. By making Systems Thinking frameworks more accessible and user-friendly, SYMBIOSIS aims to serve as a foundational step to unlock future research into responsible and society-centered AI. Our work underscores the need for ongoing research into AI's capacity to understand essential characteristics of complex adaptive systems paving the way for more socially attuned, effective AI systems.

系统思维AI治理社会影响

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