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Prudential reasons for designing entitled chatbots: How robot "rights" can improve human well-being

Chatbot design and human well-beingAcademicdocument

Assessment outcome

total 2/4 (actionability 1 + authority 1); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 3.0/6

Total2/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The text explicitly names the authors who stand behind the paper.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 10792 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The primary subject of the article is AI, specifically robots, chatbots, and large language models.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The source addresses rules, oversight, and ethical/prudential governance angles regarding AI design and robot rights.

G4 · Attributablepass

The text explicitly names the authors who stand behind the paper.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no evidence on the page indicating that this version has been superseded, retracted, or repealed.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

Level 1: Provides general direction and principles regarding chatbot design without establishing specific, binding obligations or steps to follow.

In Sect. 4 , we propose several normative design features that the chatbot operating of the future should have to help us flourish.

Authority

1/2

Level 1 (capped): the quote establishes a journal venue but does not establish the peer-review status required for Level 2.

Ai and Ethics AI Ethics PMC12208972 12208972 12208972 40606213 10.1007/s43681-025-00676-x Prudential reasons for designing entitled chatbots: How robot "rights" can improve human well-being Löhr Guido 1 ✉ Dennis Matthew 2 1 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicChatbot design and human well-being
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stage1 Plan & design
Layerboth
Granularitydocument