The wicked nature of AGI

DOKER, Yeliz Figen

doi:10.5204/lthj.3757

The wicked nature of AGI

dc.contributor.author	DOKER, Yeliz Figen
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-02T11:51:25Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-02T11:51:25Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description	Published online: 13 May 2025
dc.description.abstract	Artificial general intelligence (AGI) represents an unprecedented ambition within the field of technology, aiming to create systems capable of matching or surpassing human abilities across multiple domains. Unlike Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), AGI is anticipated to operate without task-specific limitations and predefined purposes, raising complex, pressing issues surrounding autonomy, control and potential societal impact. This article applies Rittel and Webber’s wicked problem theory to critically examine AGI governance, categorising AGI within the ten characteristics of wicked problems. The absence of a definitive formulation, its unstoppable potential evolution, the subjective and context-dependent nature of its solutions, the irreversibility of interventions and the multiplicity of stakeholder perspectives all underscore the inadequacy of existing governance paradigms. In response, this article advocates for dynamic, iterative and flexible governance frameworks that acknowledge AGI’s ontic uniqueness and potential for autonomous evolution. Rather than treating AGI as a distant or hypothetical concern, this analysis argues for a multidimensional, forward-looking governance model that recognises AGI as an urgent and inherently wicked problem.
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dc.identifier.citation	Law, technology and humans, 2025, OnlineFirst
dc.identifier.doi	10.5204/lthj.3757
dc.identifier.issn	2652-4074
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/92784
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Queensland University of Technology
dc.relation.ispartof	Law, technology and humans
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.license	Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
dc.subject	Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI)
dc.subject	Technology governance
dc.subject	Wicked problem theory
dc.title	The wicked nature of AGI
dc.type	Article
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