(In-person talk at Science of Intelligence)

Workshop: Discussing ethically problematic “incidents” of AI systems

In the Thursday morning talk, we discuss ethically problematic incidents of AI that we selected from the AIAAIC Repository. In total, we discuss four cases.

In a first step, we present a brief overview what occurred in the respective cases, based on media coverage. The audience is then invited to give a briefly assess the case: what went wrong? Which ethical values or principles were involved? How could the incident have been prevented? Who is responsible for what has happened and who could have prevented it?

In a second step, we present how the respective case was assessed in the ethics-related academic literature and compare the assessment of the participants with the expert’s assessment. We conclude by inviting the participants to reflect on their own projects and potential problematic outcomes of their research.

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