  This position paper briefly discusses nudging, its use by autonomous agents,
potential risks and ethical considerations while creating such systems. Instead
of taking a normative approach, which guides all situations, the paper proposes
a risk-driven questions-and-answer approach. The paper takes the position that
this is a pragmatic method, that is transparent about beneficial intentions,
foreseeable risks, and mitigations. Given the uncertainty in AI and autonomous
agent capabilities, we believe that such pragmatic methods offer a plausibly
safe path, without sacrificing flexibility in domain and technology.
