Taming the Machine
The Ethics in Information Technology Public Lecture Series
This semester’s edition of "Taming the Machines" explores the interrelated ethical, political, and technological aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in an interdisciplinary way.
AI-driven technologies are increasingly shaping the world we live in, sparking growing ethical scrutiny. As a result, it appears more and more urgent that societies collectively address how and in what way the further development of such technologies might be tangibly influenced. And, importantly, by whom this task should be advanced and according to which agendas? Ethicists, legislators, designers, and engineers, each bring distinct expertise and capacities to the multiplicity of social issues raised by these technologies, yet the perspectives and approaches they offer may or may not be complimentary or even simultaneously realisable (let alone mutually satisfactory). Amidst the rising tensions surrounding the AI driven transformation of our shared social space, particularly in the domain of governance and regulation, this lecture series asks how we might best accompany innovation in AI and realise ethically desirable future outcomes. In other words, to delve into the questions of what it means to live well in a society that is increasingly driven by AI tools? What design and regulative choices ought we make? What social infrastructures and normative frameworks might be needed for the future handling of emerging technologies? How could or should openness to innovation be reconciled with defending and developing the ideals of a free and democratic society under the rule of law?
To explore these and other related questions, this public lecture series invites distinguished researchers from computer science, philosophy, and political theory to present and discuss their work. To get the latest updates and details how to attend the lectures, please visit https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/taming-the-machines/winter23-24.html
Tuesday 18:15 – 19:45 (CET), Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West Wing, Room 221
Einzeltermine
21.11.2023 — Lecture2Go-recording
Generative AI’s Gappiness: Meaningfulness, Authorship, and the Credit-Blame Asymmetry
Generative AI’s Gappiness: Meaningfulness, Authorship, and the Credit-Blame Asymmetry
Prof. Dr. Sven Nyholm, Professur für Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, D
28.11.2023 — Lecture2Go-recording
Algorithmic Monoculture and the Ethics of Systemic Exclusion
Algorithmic Monoculture and the Ethics of Systemic Exclusion
Prof. Dr. Kathleen A. Creel, Assistant Professor of philosophy and computer science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
05.12.2023 — virtual event only
Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI: What is Legally Required, What is Ethically Desired, and What is Technically Feasible?
Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, GB
12.12.2023 - entfällt; vorauss. ins SoSe 24 verschoben
Developing a Language to Talk About AI: AI Philosophy
Prof. Dr. Vincent Cornelius Müller, Lehrstuhl für Theory and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, D
Developing a Language to Talk About AI: AI Philosophy
Prof. Dr. Vincent Cornelius Müller, Lehrstuhl für Theory and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, D
16.01.2024 — Lecture2Go-recording
Paper Dragon or Machine Tamer: the AI Act’s Approach to Solving Ethical and Societal Concerns Around Generative AI
Paper Dragon or Machine Tamer: the AI Act’s Approach to Solving Ethical and Societal Concerns Around Generative AI
Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger, Professor in Law and Digital Technology, with a special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
23.01.2024 — Lecture2Go-recording
Artificial Intelligence as Philosophical Disruption: Understanding Human-Technology Relations after the Digital Revolution
Artificial Intelligence as Philosophical Disruption: Understanding Human-Technology Relations after the Digital Revolution
Prof. Dr. Peter-Paul Verbeek, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology in a Changing World, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Koordination
Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Professor for Ethics in Information Technology, Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Professor for Ethics in Information Technology, Universität Hamburg