Koskinen, Inkeri (2023) We have no satisfactory social epistemology of AI-based science. [Preprint]

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In the social epistemology of scientific knowledge, it is largely accepted that relationships of trust, not just reliance, are necessary in contemporary collaborative science characterised by relationships of opaque epistemic dependence. Such relationships of trust are taken to be possible only between agents who can be held accountable for their actions. But today, knowledge production in many fields makes use of AI applications that are epistemically opaque in an essential manner. This creates a problem for the social epistemology of scientific knowledge, as scientists are now epistemically dependent on AI applications that are not agents, and therefore not appropriate candidates for trust.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Koskinen, Inkeri inkeri.koskinen@helsinki.fi 0000-0002-9060-7011
Keywords:	trust, reliance, epistemic opacity, epistemic agency, extended knowledge, extended agency
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Inkeri Koskinen
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2023 00:04
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2023 00:04
Item ID:	22780
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22780

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