Postdoc Talks – Ethics in AI
Ever since the release of ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence has become a prominent topic in public discourse. However, AI had been pervasive in many areas of life before, ranging from search engines and recommender systems over weather forecasting and pattern recognition in cancer diagnostics to the use of software to support decisions in the social, educational or justice sector. This versatile use of KI brings many advantages, but also raises numerous ethical questions. In this lecture the speaker will outline central ethical challenges of AI drawing on the recent report by the German Ethics Council entitled “Humans and Machines - Challenges by Artificial Intelligence”.
Postdoc Talks: The online series provides an open platform for discussing topics central to the postdoctoral career path. You can gain insights from experts in the research landscape and the academic community, while also exchanging ideas with other postdocs.
This event is open to postdocs from all HRA’s member institutions. Participation is free of charge, prior registration is requested. For further information please read the conditions of participation.
Details
Date:
Tue, 13 May 2025, 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM, face-to-face event
Location:
Ground floor seminar room, HARBOR Building, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg
Target groups:
doctoral researchers, postdocs, junior research group leaders, w1 professors, interested parties
Language:
English
Organizer:
Hamburg Research Academy, Clusters of Excellence UHH
Trainer:
Judith Simon is Full Professor for Ethics in Information Technologies at the Universität Hamburg. She is interested in ethical, epistemological and political questions arising in the context of digital technologies, in particular in regards to artificial intelligence. Judith Simon is Vice-Chair of the German Ethics Council, where she also was the spokesperson for the opinion on "Humans and Machines – Challenges of Artificial Intelligence". She has been serving on various other committees of scientific policy advice such as the Data Ethics Commission of the German Federal Government (2018-2019). She is the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy (2020) and serves on the editorial and advisory boards of the journals “Philosophy and Technology”, "Big Data & Society" and "Digital Society”.
Maximum number of participants:
50