Research

My work focuses on (1) the ethics and governance of AI, and (2) applications of philosophy to business and society.

Full manuscript is available for papers under review and working papers.

Ethics and governance of AI

How can we preserve humanness and human agency in the age of AI? How can we thrive, both as individuals and as a collective? My research examines the institutional and societal environment in which humans can continue to exercise judgment and retain authorship of our pursuits, as AI becomes increasingly capable.

AI at work

I explore how organizations should reallocate discretion, judgment, and accountability as AI systems take on a consequential role in decision pipelines, and what that reallocation does to the human members who remain and those affected by their decisions.

Jang, M. “Humanness in the Loop.” Under review.

Jang, M., Lankoski, L., Rönnegard, D., & Smith, N. C. “Conceptualizing Reasonable Care in Human-AI Systems.” Working paper.

Meaning and justice in the age of AI

The two companion papers examine how abundant intelligence affects the human pursuit of meaning, and how institutions should distribute and govern this technology.

Jang, M. & Tsetlin, I. “Just Disruption: AI, Self-Respect, and the Difference Principle.” Under review.

Jang, M. & Tsetlin, I. “Staying Human: Meaning in Life in the Age of Abundant Intelligence.” Working paper.

Selected work in progress

Two further papers develop concrete mechanisms for governing human-AI decision-making within organizations.

Jang, M., & Choe, Y. J. “AI Overreliance as Unwarranted Closure of Inquiry.” In preparation.

Jang, M. “Toward a Discretion-Based Account of AI’s Organizational Status.” In preparation.

From philosophy to business and society

These projects draw on philosophy to address real-world questions in business and society.

Marketing and brand authenticity

We develop a thicker account of brand authenticity to address a familiar tension between authenticity and commercialization.

Jang, M. & Smith, N. C. “The Trouble with Authenticity.” Under review.

Blame and microaggressions

I develop a novel philosophical account of microaggressions and examine appropriate responses to them.

Jang, M. “Moral Anger, Blame, and Microaggressions.” Working paper.

Jang, M. “Passable Offense: A New Structural Account of Microaggressions.” Working paper. (Winner of the Minorities and Philosophy Ethicist Prize at the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress)