Tag: AI ethics
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AI and the future of creativity: a stage performance with music and philosophy
On October 14 I was back on a stage with my friend and partner-in-crime Simone Zoja, after many years and in our hometown Torino. Simone made his magic by mixing Morricone, Bach, Albéniz, Zimmer at his digital piano and synth, and he shared some insights about musical creativity, technology and his attitude towards AI. We…
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AI Ethics: from responsibility to democracy (Inaugural lecture)
This is the title of the inaugural lecture that I will deliver on November 13 at TU/e. So looking forward to this event. I will present some of my work on responsibility and control, hopefully in an engaging new way, while also introducing my more recent interests in epistemic justice, experimental democracy, transdisciplinary research on…
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AI and creative work: ethical and design challenges (Symposium)
A nice event will take place before my upcoming inaugural lecture on Nov 13 at TU/e, with Caterina Moruzzi, Sven Nyholm, Cristina Zaga, David Abbink Automation technologies have historically improved the quality and efficiency of human work, as well as created new forms of injustice and exploitation. GenAI tools such as ChatGPT now promise to…
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Can AI-mediated art enhance democracy? (Berlin event July 2-4)
On July 2-4 I will join the event “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human and Machine Creativity” in Berlin. Among a fantastic lineup of speakers including scholars and artists interested in AI and creativity, I will pitch some ideas about AI-mediated art and political skills. The abstract of my short talk is here below: “Creativity is a…
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Power, Justice, and Control in Medical AI (IACAP Symposium July 1st)
Join our Symposium at IACAP/AISB-25 in Twente on July 1st 2025 Giorgia Pozzi (TU Delft) and I have organized a one-day symposium to be held at the IACAP/AISB-25 in Twente on July 1st 2025. The title is “Bridging Justice and Meaningful Human Control in Medical AI Symposium”. The idea came from a paper Giorgia and…
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The EU expert report on the ethics of self-driving cars – four years later
A nice event on societal dimensions of connected and automated mobility organized by the CCAM and the Polish government in Gdansk. I have talked about the ethical recommendations of our EU expert group from 2021. And what has happened in the meanwhile (with Fabio Fossa). Gdańsk is a lovely city on the Baltic Sea, famous…
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Ethics of self-driving cars – 10 years after
Some reflections while preparing a new course at TU/e: some of my oldest ideas still hold: moral dilemmas about crash avoidance are a good conversation start but not the way to go, my 2017 paper is still good, and – I should have read JafariNaimi’s paper before. It was in 2015 that I started working…
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What is computational propaganda, how can it be countered by design and without compromising freedom of expression, the rule of law and justice?
I have addressed these questions in a paper written with Marlijn Heijnen. (The full paper here, here below is an abstract.) “Computational propaganda” (CP) aka “cognitive warfare” refers to the use of algorithms (e.g., AI bots that mimic people), to purposefully distribute misleading information over social media and other internet platforms to influence how citizens…
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