Acknowledging the subjectivity of artificial agents. A delimitation of artificial subjects in semiotics
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https://doi.org/10.35494/topsem.2019.1.41.600Keywords:
nonhuman subjects, computational semiotics, interactive agents, artificial intelligenceAbstract
The constant interaction we have with artificial agents in different
settings (such as calling centers and mobile phone applications)
as well as the various roles they play in everyday tasks (from
providing information, to suggesting activities or helping solve
complex problems) make us forget what status these agents have
in our lives. As we get accustomed to them, we stop wondering
what or who these agents are. Are they things? Are they tools?
Can we considere them subjects? In this article, I will argue in
favor of these agents being semiotic subjects, whose subjectivity
has progressively become more elaborate, but also more definable.
The main goal of this study is to delimit the subjectivity of
these agents, which/who I will call artificial subjects.
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