IHEM external speaker Prof. Dr. Joanna Bryson: public ZOOM access

Guest talk at IHEM: Prof. Dr. Joanna Bryson

Intelligent Technology and Human Flourishing: The Role of Governments and Democracy

Although nearly all AI regulatory documents now make reference to the importance of human-centring of digital systems, Artificial intelligence (AI) ethics itself is frequently reduced only to concerns of bias and perhaps power consumption. While both these considerations are of immense importance—altering human lives and our ecosystem—our concerns should go far further. Ethics is every means by which a society perpetuates itself, and as such goes deeply into rights ranging from employment, and healthcare, to physical and perhaps cyber security. Meanwhile, AI is coming to mediate every aspect of our interactions, yet is largely controlled by a small number of transnational corporations. In this talk I will discuss the EU’s right, competence, and current attempts to regulate the application of AI within our borders. I will use recent events to reconsider our understandings of rights, sovereignty, and democracy.

Speaker

Joanna J. Bryson is Professor of Ethics and Technology at Hertie School of Governance, in Berlin.

Her research ranges from systems engineering of AI, through autonomy, behavioural ecology, cognition, ethics, cooperation, and on to technology policy. With degrees in Social and Computer Sciences from Chicago, Edinburgh and MIT, her scientific research appears in venues from reddit to Science, and her policy voice is heard in the UN, EU, CoE, OSCE, OECD and GPAI.

Organizational details

Wednesday, May 15, 16:30 – ca. 18:00

If you would like to attend, please use the following Zoom dial-in info:

https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/63062412184

Meeting-ID: 630 6241 2184

Code: 536634

This event is organized by the Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine (IHEM), School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich under the direction of Prof. Alena Buyx.