Atoosa Kasirzadeh and Iason Gabriel
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Characterising AI Agents for Alignment and Governance

Atoosa Kasirzadeh and Iason Gabriel

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Kasirzadeh and Gabriel propose a four-dimensional characterisation of AI agents - autonomy, goal complexity, generality, and sociality - and use it to structure alignment and governance questions across today's and future systems.

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Published

2025

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International

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Governance frameworks

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Public access

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