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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence [Import]- Lecturers
- Dr. Jon Leefmann, Dr. Christoph Merdes, Dr. Sebastian Schuol
- Details
- Seminar
, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 2,5, Sprache Deutsch und Englisch
Time and place: single appointment on 13.11.2020, single appointment on 27.11.2020, single appointment on 18.12.2020, single appointment on 15.1.2021 12:00 - 17:30, room tbd; comments on time and place: Online-Seminar via Zoom
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- 13.11.2020 (Grundlagen)
27.11.2020 (Algorithmenethik)
18.12.2020 (Roboterethik)
15.01.2021 (Weiterer Kontext)Die zu lesenden Texte sind auf Englisch, die Diskussion findet auf Deutsch statt.
- Contents
- The increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence in both everyday and extraordinary high-stakes environments raises a number of ethical questions. What information should an algorithm be allowed to utilize to grant or deny loans? Can a machine (e.g. an unmanned combat aerial system) ever be allowed to decide on killing a human by itself in a combat situation?
The purpose of this seminar is to provide an introduction to ethical reasoning and argumentation strategies as they apply to the domain of artificial intelligence. The course covers issues of algorithm ethics, (semi)autonomous artificial agents and the wider ethical context of deploying artificial agents in human society.
Selected Topics and Questions:
Algorithms:
Do algorithms work objectively, do they act neutral? Should AI-generated behavioral predictions have legal significance? What moral problems do personalized methods (e.g. in advertising) raise?
Robotics:
Can robots be moral agents? Should a care robot be allowed to deceive its patients for their benefit? How could moral reasoning be implemented, and what values should be embedded into a (semi)autonomous machine? Would it be rational to defer to an AI with superior moral-reasoning capacities? What would this mean for our understanding as autonomous agents?
Social consequences of AI-technologies:
Could robots ever be part of the moral community? How should one assess the consequences of AI for industrial automatization in terms of social justice? How should AI-technologies be designed to foster democratic instead of authoritarian values?
No prior knowledge of ethics is required, but a willingness to engage in serious ethical reasoning and discussion.
- Recommended literature
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- ECTS information:
- Credits: 2,5
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 14.9.2020, 8:00 and lasts till Sunday, 29.11.2020, 20:00 über: StudOn.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2020/2021:
- Künstliche Intelligenz und Wissensrepräsentation (KI und Wissen)
- Department: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum Digitale Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
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