Margaret Mitchell et al., Hugging Face
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Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed

Margaret Mitchell et al., Hugging Face

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Mitchell et al. (Hugging Face) argue against developing fully autonomous AI agents, mapping a spectrum from human-in-the-loop assistants to unsupervised actors. Enumerates safety, ethical, and accountability risks that grow sharply at each autonomy level.

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2025

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International

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Risks and challenges

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