把AI当有行为能力的主体,重新思考机器间犯罪与社会控制问题
A Criminology of Machines
- 用行动者网络理论分析AI的多重自主性
- 提出双分类框架解释多智能体交互引发的非法行为
- 呼吁刑事学界关注机器犯罪新范式,参与AI治理
尽管达到类人人工智能的可能性仍有争议,但未来社会中自治机器日益普遍的可能性很高。当前自主AI代理已在多个行业和数字环境中部署,并与人-人、人-机互动并行,机器-机器互动正变得愈发普遍。鉴于此,本文主张刑事学必须开始回应这一转型对犯罪与社会控制的影响。基于行动者网络理论及伍尔加数十年前关于机器社会学的呼吁——这些框架在生成式AI兴起背景下重获意义——本文认为,刑事学家应超越将AI视为工具的单一视角,而应承认其具备计算、社会与法律维度的能动性。结合AI安全研究文献,本文探讨多智能体系统带来的风险,提出一种双重分类体系,以刻画智能体间互动产生偏差、违法或犯罪结果的路径。进而提出四个关键问题:(1)能否假设机器仅模仿人类?(2)现有针对人类的犯罪理论是否足以解释自主智能体间互动产生的异常行为?(3)哪些类型的犯罪会最先受影响?(4)这一前所未有的社会转变将如何重塑警务模式?这些问题凸显了刑事学家亟需在理论上与实证上介入多智能体系统对犯罪研究的影响,并更主动参与AI安全与治理的讨论。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
While the possibility of reaching human-like Artificial Intelligence (AI) remains controversial, the likelihood that the future will be characterized by a society with a growing presence of autonomous machines is high. Autonomous AI agents are already deployed and active across several industries and digital environments and alongside human-human and human-machine interactions, machine-machine interactions are poised to become increasingly prevalent. Given these developments, I argue that criminology must begin to address the implications of this transition for crime and social control. Drawing on Actor-Network Theory and Woolgar's decades-old call for a sociology of machines -- frameworks that acquire renewed relevance with the rise of generative AI agents -- I contend that criminologists should move beyond conceiving AI solely as a tool. Instead, AI agents should be recognized as entities with agency encompassing computational, social, and legal dimensions. Building on the literature on AI safety, I thus examine the risks associated with the rise of multi-agent AI systems, proposing a dual taxonomy to characterize the channels through which interactions among AI agents may generate deviant, unlawful, or criminal outcomes. I then advance and discuss four key questions that warrant theoretical and empirical attention: (1) Can we assume that machines will simply mimic humans? (2) Will crime theories developed for humans suffice to explain deviant or criminal behaviors emerging from interactions between autonomous AI agents? (3) What types of criminal behaviors will be affected first? (4) How might this unprecedented societal shift impact policing? These questions underscore the urgent need for criminologists to theoretically and empirically engage with the implications of multi-agent AI systems for the study of crime and play a more active role in debates on AI safety and governance.
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