arXiv:2608.23644cs.AI2026-08

为大模型辅助科研设计可问责的伦理框架,关键在验证与人类所有权。

Ethical LLM-Assisted Research: A Framework for Responsible Delegation, Verification, and Epistemic Value

  • 提出五维认知责任模型,区分机器贡献与人类验证
  • 强调人类验证和所有权是科研可信的核心,非机器参与程度
  • 构建可审计的科学推理记录,提升研究透明度

大型语言模型正日益成为科学研宄的常规工具,协助文献综述、假设生成、编程与形式推理。其使用引发核心认识论问题:当科学推理部分委托给人工智能系统时,哪些环节必须由人类控制,才能确保知识主张具有认识合法性与可问责性?本文提出一个规范性与概念性框架,分析此类委托行为。将科学推理视为分布式过程,贡献来源可在人与机器间变化,但纳入科学记录的责任仍属人类。框架区分内容来源$O(g)$、人类验证完成$V(g)$、责任分配$R(g)$、可问责的人类拥有权$M(g)$与认识结果$E(g)$。这些要素将主张的来源、核查过程、核查结果与人类责任分离开来。核心观点是:大模型辅助研究的伦理边界主要取决于充分的验证与可问责的人类拥有权,而非机器参与的程度。基于此,本文提出“认识审计”概念——一种结构化的委托、验证、来源与责任记录,旨在使人工智能辅助推理透明且可审查。该框架为区分负责任的认知委托与认识责任转移或疏忽提供了正式术语。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large language models (LLMs) are becoming routine instruments of scientific research, assisting with literature synthesis, hypothesis development, coding, and formal reasoning. Their use raises a central epistemic question: when parts of scientific reasoning are delegated to an artificial system, what conditions must remain under human control for the resulting knowledge claims to retain epistemic legitimacy and accountable authorship? This paper develops a normative and conceptual framework for analyzing such delegation. Scientific reasoning is treated as a distributed process in which the origin of a contribution may vary between human and machine, while responsibility for its acceptance into the scientific record remains human. The framework distinguishes content origin $O(g)$, completion of human verification $V(g)$, responsibility assignment $R(g)$, accountable human ownership $M(g)$, and epistemic outcome $E(g)$. These constructs separate the provenance of a claim from the process by which it is checked, the epistemic outcome of that checking, and the human responsibility attached to its disposition. The central proposition is that the ethical boundary of LLM-assisted research is determined primarily by adequate verification and accountable human ownership rather than by the degree of machine involvement itself. On this basis, the paper develops the notion of an \emph{epistemic audit}: a structured record of delegation, verification, provenance, and responsibility intended to make AI-assisted reasoning transparent and reviewable. The resulting framework provides a formal vocabulary for distinguishing responsible cognitive delegation from the transfer or neglect of epistemic responsibility in scientific research.

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