Join us for an in-depth exploration of Ethical AI with esteemed speakers Pascal Wiggers and Paula Helm. In a time where artificial intelligence permeates society, understanding its ethical dimensions is crucial. Pascal Wiggers, with expertise in Responsible AI, delves into the intersection of public values and technological progress. Similarly, Paula Helm, a leader in Critical AI Studies and Empirical Ethics, investigates the ethical fabric of AI development, striving to integrate ethics into its core. This event offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into AI's ethical complexities from these distinguished scholars.

In this panel we want to focus on AI as a genuinely ethical matter-of-concern, and ask: what does this mean for how we do research, both from a philosophical and a regulatory perspective? What kind of questions should we ask about it? What are the normative implications of critically researching such a dominant and assumably endurable element in society? Are there relevant sub-categories (like AGI or LLMs based on the transformer architecture) that should be publicly debated? And what does it require from us, as researchers? What specific struggles or dilemmas does it raise?

Programme

In the first hour, the speakers will each give a 10-minute presentation followed up by a panel discussion. After a small coffee break, we will split into smaller groups to have more informal discussions with the speakers and the audience.

13h15-13h35 Presentations by Paula Helm and Pascal Wiggers 

13h35-14h15 Panel discussion 

14h15-14h30 Coffee break 

14h30-15h15 Participant discussion 

Speakers

Pascal Wiggers, an Associate Lecturer for Responsible Artificial Intelligence at HvA, brings over a decade of experience in AI research. With a Ph.D. from TU Delft, his focus lies on the ethical implications of technology. Notably, he founded the Centre of Expertise Applied Artificial Intelligence at HvA.

Paula Helm, serving as an Assistant Professor in Critical AI Studies, merges disciplines to address AI ethics. With affiliations with institutions like Technical University Munich and University of Frankfurt, her work emphasizes embedding ethics within AI development. Helm's recognition among the '100 Most Brilliant Women in AI-Ethics' underscores her contributions to fostering an ethically conscious AI landscape.

Selin Gerlek will moderate the panel discussion. She is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of Technology and Politics at the UvA. Her research focuses on digital citizenship, transformative processes in human-technology relations, mediated cultural practices, and value change. Besides being a member of PEPT, she is also a scientific coordinator of the research line “Empirical Ethics” at the IAS and a member of several projects, commissions and groups on digital citizenship, medical ethics, AI, and visual technologies.

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