AI Paternalism System

An AI Paternalism System is an AI control system that makes decisions for human users based on presumed superior knowledge.

• AKA: Paternalistic AI System, AI Guardian System, Benevolent AI Control System.
• Context:
  • It can typically override user preferences with optimization algorithms.
  • It can typically justify interventions through utility maximization.
  • It can often create dependency relationships with passive users.
  • It can often reduce deliberative capacity through decision offloading.
  • It can range from being a Soft AI Paternalism System to being a Hard AI Paternalism System, depending on its override strength.
  • It can range from being a Narrow AI Paternalism System to being a Comprehensive AI Paternalism System, depending on its domain scope.
  • It can range from being a Transparent AI Paternalism System to being a Opaque AI Paternalism System, depending on its decision visibility.
  • It can range from being a Reversible AI Paternalism System to being a Irreversible AI Paternalism System, depending on its user control.
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• Examples:
  • Healthcare AI Paternalism Systems, such as:
    • Treatment Decision AI Paternalism System for medical choices.
    • Lifestyle Management AI Paternalism System for health behaviors.
  • Financial AI Paternalism Systems, such as:
    • Investment Control AI Paternalism System for portfolio management.
    • Spending Restriction AI Paternalism System for budget control.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • AI Decision Support System, which provides recommendations without enforcement.
  • Human Autonomy Preservation System, which maintains user agency.
  • Collaborative AI System, which shares decision authority with humans.
• See: Paternalism, AI Control System, Soft Despotism, Human Autonomy Preservation Task, AI Dependency Risk, Omniscient Autocomplete Thought Experiment, Nudge Architecture, Behavioral Economics, Choice Architecture.

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