Hostile interaction design: AI, governance, and the quest for human oversight
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The role of human oversight as a safeguard represents a complex governance challenge shaped by institutional design, competing logics of trust and distrust, and the distributed nature of control in AI systems, rather than a straightforward solution.
“Importantly, the role of human oversight as a safeguard must itself be treated with caution: rather than a straightforward solution, it represents a complex governance challenge shaped by institutional design, competing logics of trust and distrust, and the distributed nature of control in AI systems (Laux 2024; Maggetti 2026; Foth 2026).”
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Üstündağ, B., Foth, M., & Seevinck, J. (2026) · AI & SOCIETY · doi:10.1007/s00146-026-03108-4
“…a safeguard must itself be treated with caution: rather than a straightforward solu-tion, it represents a complex governance challenge shaped by institutional design, competing logics of trust and distrust, and the distributed nature of control in AI systems (Laux 2024; Maggetti 2026; Foth 2026).”
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- Authors
- Foth, M.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Foth, Marcus
- ORCID
- Foth, Marcus
- Venue
- AI & SOCIETY
- Published
- 2026-05
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 4219-4225
- ISSN
- 0951-5666 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-5655
- OpenAlex
- W7160773344
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- 1
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 5.72
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- journal article
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- en
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- AI & Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › E-Government and Public Services
- Keywords
- AI governance, human oversight, human-AI interaction, AI safety
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