# Agency in the Age of AI

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00648 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.00648/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 2 Feb 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Psychological and behavioural responses in human-agent vs. human-human interactions: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.21542/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

There is significant concern about the impact of generative AI on society. Modern AI tools are capable of generating ever more realistic text, images, and videos, and functional code, from minimal prompts. Accompanying this rise in ability and usability, there is increasing alarm about the misuses to which these tools can be put, and the intentional and unintentional harms to individuals and society that may result. In this paper, we argue that agency is the appropriate lens to study these harms and benefits, but that doing so will require advancement in the theory of agency, and advancement in how this theory is applied in (agent-based) models.