The hype surrounding ChatGPT has brought it to the attention of the general public: Communicative AI – the spread of generative AI for the purpose of communication – is becoming increasingly widespread. But what exactly does it mean when machines become part of human communication relationships? How is social communication changing as a result? To what extent are the digital infrastructures of communicative AI a challenge for the environment and climate? What new types of human work will emerge with communicative AI – and which professions may disappear? What does all this mean for human practice and how is governance of communicative AI possible?
We invite the interested public to attend the ComAI lecture series to discuss the socially highly relevant topic of Communicative Artificial Intelligence. The events will be held in English. All experts will be present in person.
Ralf Bendrath (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament) Datum: 19. November 2024 Time: 18:30 Street: Schnoor 27 Location: Bremer Presse-Club Abstract Ralf Bendrath was involved in the negotiations on the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, the first law world-wide to regulate AI specifically. He will give an insight into how the negotiations went, what the most interesting and salient (…)
30. October 2024
Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Date: 26. November 2024 Time: 18:30 Street: Schnoor 27 Location: Bremer Presse-Club Abstract Democracies are based on exchange, debate and discussion about goals, approaches and solutions. What tasks need to be solved, what does the sovereign want? In parliamentary democracies, this decision-making takes place within the framework of elections. In mediatized (…)
30. October 2024
Prof. Dr. Jeremy Knox (University of Oxford & University of Edinburgh) Date: 17. December 2024 Time: 18:30 Street: Schnoor 27 Location: Bremer Presse-Club Abstract In a similar way to previous education technologies, recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are typically discussed in terms of their ability to enhance learning or make the educational process more efficient. While this dominant (…)
30. October 2024
Prof. Dr. Sonja Utz (Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien IWM & Eberhard Karls University Tübingen) Date: 14. January 2025 Time: 18:30 Street: Schnoor 27 Location: Bremer Presse-Club Abstract Language-based agents such as chatbots, voice assistants, and more recently, large language models, have become common tools for information retrieval. Assessing the quality of the information provided by these agents is crucial. This (…)
30. October 2024
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp
ZeMKI, Center for Media, Communication and Information Research
University of Bremen
Universität Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-67620
Sekretariat (Ms. Schmidt): +49 421 218-67606
E-mail: andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de
