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Tool vs. agent: attributing agency to natural language generation systems

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Pages 182-190 | Published online: 05 Jun 2018
 

ABSTRACT

This paper argues that we should shift our consideration of natural language generation systems as tools for manifesting human intent to natural language generation systems as agents in themselves. Such a semantic shift would permit a more holistic conversation about the transformative social power of these systems’ output.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on contributor

Leah Henrickson is a doctoral student at Loughborough University’s School of the Arts, English and Drama. Her current research focuses on discerning the social and literary implications of natural language generation and computer-generated texts.

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