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Dr. Arne Hintz (Cardiff University, UK) Date: 16. January 2024 Time: 18:00 Address: Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5, Bremen Building: Cartesium Room: Rotunde Abstract The roll-out of data analytics, algorithmic decision-making and AI has severe implications for democratic participation and state-citizen relations. While data systems deployed in public services and for state interventions can have severe implications for people’s lives, those who are (…)

Prof. Dr. David Gunkel (Northern Illinois University, USA) Date: 5. December 2023 Time: 18:00 Address Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5, Bremen Building: Cartesium Room: Rotunde Abstract The question concerning the moral status of others is typically decided on the basis of pre-existing psychological properties. I contest this standard operating procedure by identifying three seemingly intractable philosophical problems with the properties approach that become (…)

Prof. Dr. Nick Couldry (LSE, UK) Date: 28. November 2023 Time: 18:00 Address: Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5, Bremen Building: Cartesium Room: Rotunde Abstract This talk will reflect on AI from the perspective of the framework of data colonialism (Couldry and Mejias, 2019). AI, in practical terms, represents the application of a hugely increase in computing capacity, but from the perspective of data (…)

Prof. Dr. Julia Velkova (Linköping University, Sweden) Date: 21. November 2023 Time: 18:00 Address: Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5, Bremen Building: Cartesium Room: Rotunde Abstract Amidst intensifying debates about the possibilities and harms with AI and automated-decision making, their energetic needs and scale of operations are also soaring. How much is the carbon footprint of an AI? How many watts of energy does (…)