What values should an agent align with? An empirical comparison of general and context-specific values

• Published in: Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 23
• Main Authors: Liscio, Enrico, van der Meer, Michiel, Siebert, Luciano C., Jonker, Catholijn M., Murukannaiah, Pradeep K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Context; Values; Ethics; NLP; Schwartz; Axies

The pursuit of values drives human behavior and promotes cooperation. Existing research is focused on general values (e.g., Schwartz) that transcend contexts. However, context-specific values are necessary to (1) understand human decisions, and (2) engineer intelligent agents that can elicit and ali...