Artificial agency and the game of semantic extension

Artificial agents are commonly described by using words that traditionally belong to the semantic field of life. I call this phenomenon game extension. However, extension as crucial ‘autonomous’, ‘intelligent’, ‘creative’, ‘moral’, and so on, is often perceived unsatisfactory, which signalled with extensive use inverted commas or other syntactical cues. Such practice, in turn, has provoked harsh criticism usually refers back literal meaning show their inappropriateness describing artificial agents. Hence question: how can we choose our appropriately wisely while making sense agents? This paper tries answer sketching main features relation agency, reviewing related opportunities risks, advancing some practical suggestions on play well.