# Towards Responsibly Non-Compliant Machines

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12147 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.12147/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 3 of its 26 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 10 Jun 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2001.09768/) (2020)
- [Should Robots be Obedient?](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1705.09990/) (2017)
- [Artificial Intelligent Disobedience: Rethinking the Agency of Our Artificial Teammates](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.22276/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We consider the problem of engineering autonomous intelligent agents that are capable to responsibly not comply with user requests. We argue that machine non-compliance comes in many different forms, and sketch the issues we should pursue on the road of accomplishing responsibly non-compliant intelligent machines. We anchor responsible non-compliance in justifications for task refusal, pathways to override the non-compliance, as well as careful tracking of security risks and liability transfers.