Workshop "Exploring Ethical Worldviews in/through AI"

Call for Participation: Workshop "Exploring Ethical Worldviews In/Through AI"

On July 4, 2024 we will explore possibilities of caring with, through and for technology together with Floor Schukking Externer Link(HU Utrecht, Research Group "Artificial Intelligence") in the workshop "Exploring Ethical Worldviews In/Through AI". The event is part of the seminar "Cultural Techniques of Simulation" (organised by Anne Dippel & Sarah Thanner) and is also open to external participants (10 places available).

• Registration: Registration is open until June 23, 2024 via email to marlen.lutter@uni-jena.de
• bis zum 15.05.2024 per E-mail an marlen.lutter@uni-jena.de.
• Questions: Please send any queries to sarah.thanner@uni-jena.de
• Time and location: 16-20 pm, Seminar room 141, UHG Fürstengraben 1, 07743 Jena 
• Workshop language: English

Workshop description

One of the central paradigms in the current AI field is that once human-centered intelligent systems become advanced enough, they will solve our problems and society will benefit from these intelligent technologies. However, many of the current problems we face, such as the acceleration of environmental breakdown, have been a result of the same Western system of scientific knowledge and neo-liberal ideals that have shaped the definition of what this intelligence entails and requires. The French philosopher Bernard Stiegler (2017) argues that digital technologies have a toxic effect on human thinking by promoting automation and reducing opportunities for genuine reflection and proposed a shift towards the “Negantropocene”, where technology is used therapeutically to foster a more sustainable and thoughtful existence. During this workshop, facilitated by Floor Schukking (HU Utrecht/ CLEA Brussels), Anne Dippel (FSU Jena/ U Basel) and Sarah Thanner (FSU Jena), we will explore the possibility of caring with, through and for technology in the current day and age.