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Wednesday, January 14th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. Implicit Knowledge in Human-Machine Relationships. A Philosophical Investigation

Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flü­gelbau Ost, 2. OG, Raum O221
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen)
 
Following Mark Weiser’s vision from 1991 that the digital of the 21st century weaves itself “into the fabric of everyday life” until it is “indistinguishable from it,” we are today facing an evolution of the digital toward its naturalization. In this context, the miniaturization of technology plays an important role, but even more so the increasingly natural access to the digital, which brings the digital closer to emotions, affects and intuitions. The term “naturalization” ambiguously refers on the one hand to the digital as a technology that becomes (second) nature, and on the other hand to the naturalization (citizenship) of us in the digital sphere. The lecture analyses from a philosophical perspective the increasing acceptance of digital technology as an affective infrastructure and the phenomenological consequences for us. In particular, the concept of implicit knowledge (Michael Polanyi) plays an increasingly important role in this naturalization process. However, naturalization does not answer the question of whether machines or we as individuals will be tamed. Looking at current developments, it seems more likely that we will be the ones who will have to adapt to the rationality of machines.

Institutions

  • UHH
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Tuesday, June 3th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. Misinformation

Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East Wing, Room 221
This upcoming iteration of our "Taming the Machine" lecture series sheds light on the social background that AI technologies are embedded in.
For better or worse, the revolutionary potential of AI has reached public consciousness, with a growing recognition of the ways that AI might change how we live and work together. Indeed, the fabric of society is already changing in front of our very eyes, with powerful profiteers of AI rallying behind its supposed inevitability. The AI revolution is afoot and it seems as if there is nothing that we can do about it. However, Donald Trump’s emerging alliance with Silicon Valley’s “Magnificent Seven” provides a potent reason for pause and for sustained reflection on the path we are collectively treading.
To discuss how AI, like any other technology, is part of a societal process of struggle, negotiation, and cooperation, this lecture series brings together experts from philosophy, law, and cognitive science. How are technologies like AI grounded in social processes of knowledge production, design, and innovation? What is the environmental impact of AI systems and what ecological responsibilities fall to providers, politicians, and users? What is the human rights impact of AI technologies deployed in military and security contexts? And what, to speak with Nietzsche, renders AI ‘all too human’ after all?
Join us at our “Taming the Machine” lecture series this summer term to explore with our distinguished guests these and other related questions. To get the latest updates and details how to attend the lectures, please visit http://uhh.de/inf-eit.
 
Prof. Dr. Gloria Origgi, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, FR

Institutions

  • UHH
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. Repairing AI for Environmental Justice

Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East Wing, Room 221
Let us imagine that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is broken. Not in the physical sense in which pieces are falling apart and need to be put together; rather, in the metaphorical sense in which there are serious ethical concerns related to the design and development of AI that demand repair. In this talk I will outline a definition of Sustainable AI as an umbrella term to cover two branches with different aims and methods: AI for sustainability vs the sustainability of AI. I will show that AI for sustainability holds great promise but is lacking in one crucial aspect; it fails to account for the environmental impact from the development of AI. Alternatively, the environmental impact of AI training (and tuning) sits at the core of the sustainability of AI, for example measuring carbon emissions and electricity consumption, water and land usage, and regulating the mining of precious minerals. All of these environmental consequences fall on the shoulders of the most marginalized and vulnerable demographics across the globe (e.g. the slave like working conditions in the mining of minerals, the coastal communities susceptible to unpredictable weather conditions). By placing environmental consequences in the centre one is forced to recognize the environmental justice concerns underpinning all AI models. The question then becomes, how can the AI space be repaired to transform current structures and practices that systemically exacerbate environmental justice issues with the consequence of further marginalizing vulnerable groups.
 
Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Aimee van Wynsberghe is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Applied Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bonn in Germany. Aimee is director of the Institute for Science and Ethics and the Bonn Sustainable AI lab. She is co-director of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics and a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on AI. In each of her roles, Aimee works to uncover the ethical risks associated with emerging robotics and AI. Aimee’s current research, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, brings attention to the sustainability of AI by studying the hidden environmental costs of developing and using AI.

Institutions

  • UHH
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Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. Repairing AI for Environmental Justice

UHH, Main Building, West Wing, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Room 221

Taming the Machines — Horizons of Artificial Intelligence. The Ethics in Information Technology Public Lecture Series

This summer‘s „Taming the Machine“ lecture series sheds light on the ethical, political, legal, and societal dimensions of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This lecture series brings together perspectives from ethics, politics, law, geography, and media studies to assess the potential for preserving and developing human values in the design, dissemination, and application of AI technologies. How does AI challenge our most fundamental social, political, and economic institutions? How can we bolster (or even improve) them in times of technological disruption? What regulations are needed to render AI environments fairer and more transparent? What needs to be done to make them more sustainable? In what sense could (and even should) we hold AI accountable?
To explore these and other related questions, this public lecture series invites distinguished international researchers to present and discuss their work. To get the latest updates and details how to attend the lectures, please visit http://uhh.de/inf-eit.

Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, D

Let us imagine that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is broken. Not in the physical sense in which pieces are falling apart and need to be put together; rather, in the metaphorical sense in which there are serious ethical concerns related to the design and development of AI that demand repair. In this talk I will outline a definition of Sustainable AI as an umbrella term to cover two branches with different aims and methods: AI for sustainability vs the sustainability of AI. I will show that AI for sustainability holds great promise but is lacking in one crucial aspect; it fails to account for the environmental impact from the development of AI.
 
Alternatively, the environmental impact of AI training (and tuning) sits at the core of the sustainability of AI, for example measuring carbon emissions and electricity consumption, water and land usage, and regulating the mining of precious minerals. All of these environmental consequences fall on the shoulders of the most marginalized and vulnerable demographics across the globe (e.g. the slave like working conditions in the mining of minerals, the coastal communities susceptible to unpredictable weather conditions). By placing environmental consequences in the centre one is forced to recognize the environmental justice concerns underpinning all AI models. The question then becomes, how can the AI space be repaired to transform current structures and practices that systemically exacerbate environmental justice issues with the consequence of further marginalizing vulnerable groups.

Institutions

  • UHH
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. Risk Ethics and Big Tech Business

Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flü­gelbau Ost, 2. OG, Raum O221

Prof. Dr. Sven Ove Hansson (Uppsala University, SE)

About the lecture

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Institutions
  • UHH
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. The Future of Prediction. Algorithmic Forecast in Science and Society

UHH, Main Building, ESA 1 Ost Raum O221
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have become central to numerous aspects of our lives, and are significantly reshaping them. These include our homes, our workplaces, industries in general, schools and academia, but also government, law enforcement and warfare. While AI technologies present many opportunities, they have also been shown to reinforce existing injustices, to threaten human rights, and to exacerbate the climate crisis. This begs the question: How can we collectively and meaningfully shape the digital society we live in, and who is to decide on the agenda? 
This lecture series invites viewpoints from different relevant disciplines to explore how we can preserve and advance human values through the development and use of AI technologies. Key questions include: How does AI impact our fundamental social, political, and economic structures? What does it mean to lead a meaningful life in the AI age? What design and regulatory decisions should we make to ensure digital transformations are fair and sustainable?  
To explore these and other related questions, this public lecture series invites distinguished international researchers to present and discuss their work. To get the latest updates and details how to attend the lectures, please visit http://uhh.de/inf-eit.
 

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Elena Esposito, Universität Bielefeld, DE

Institutions

  • UHH
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 | 18:15 - 19:45 p.m.

Public Lecture Series: Taming the Machines. What, if anything, are convivial technologies?

Main Building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flü­gelbau Ost, 2. OG, Raum O221

Prof. Dr. Darian Meacham (Maastricht University, NL)

The distinction between “convivial” and “monopolistic” technologies, introduced in the 1970s by the philosopher Ivan Illich, was the foundation for a radical critique of contemporary technological society (Illich 1973). This key distinction was adopted in a critique of technology and economic reason (Gorz 1988) by French critical phenomenology (avant la lettre).
This talk will focus on how this distinction between convivial and monopolistic (or non-convivial) technologies can support a critical phenomenology of technology. I will argue that Gorz attempts to do just this, but that his development of the “convivial – un-convivial” distinction in terms of a broader account of “autonomy” vs “heteronomy” would benefit from a more phenomenologically grounded account of autonomy. I will pose (and try to address) the question of whether a more embodied account of autonomy, such as developed within the context of enactive approaches to cognition would serve such an aim.
A third step will be to ask if and how an enactively enriched notion of autonomy, when situated within the critique of technology and economic rationality, can contribute to the development of programmes for “concrete utopias”.

Institutions

  • UHH
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 | 19:00 p.m.

Talk: Digitale Aufrüstung? Wie Staat und Unternehmen für Cybersicherheit sorgen können

Helmut Schmidt Auditorium, Bucerius Law School, Jungiusstraße 6, Hamburg

Im Rahmen des „Studium generale“ der Bucerius Law School

Cyberangriffe auf Unternehmen, Behörden und kritische Infrastrukturen sind längst keine Ausnahme mehr – sie sind Teil eines globalen digitalen Wettlaufs um Sicherheit und Kontrolle. Besonders im Kontext zunehmender Cyberkriminalität, geopolitischer Spannungen und gezielter digitaler Attacken stellt sich die Frage: Wie gut ist Deutschland aufgestellt, um diesen Bedrohungen zu begegnen? Welche Verantwortung tragen Staat und Wirtschaft in der digitalen Verteidigung? Und wie können sich Unternehmen und öffentliche Institutionen besser gegen Hackerangriffe, Spionage und Sabotage schützen?

Über diese Fragen diskutieren Jana Ringwald, Expertin für Cyberkriminalität und Oberstaatsanwältin bei der Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (ZIT) der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main, und Jan-Uwe Pettke, Cybersicherheitsexperte, Manager bei CrowdStrike und Offizier der Bundeswehr a.D., moderiert von Marc Philip Greitens, Alumnus der Bucerius Law School, Vorsitzender von Politik & Gesellschaft e. V., Rechtsanwalt bei Heuking und Reserveoffizier.

Eintritt frei. Anmeldung und weitere Informationen hier.

Institutions

  • ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Bucerius Law School
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 | 19:00 p.m.

Talk: Werke ohne Schöpfer: Kunst, KI und das Urheberrecht

Moot Court, Bucerius Law School, Jungiusstraße 6, Hamburg

Im Rahmen der Reihe „Hinter den Bildern. Gespräche zu Kunst, Recht und Gesellschaft“

Derzeit macht generative KI im Wochentakt rasante Fortschritte, Systeme wie ChatGPT, Midjourney oder Suno bringen in Sekunden Bilder, Texte, Musik und Filme hervor. Während die KI-Schöpfungen selbst gemeinfrei sind, bedienen sich die Programme oft bei urheberrechtlich geschützten Werken. Diese Schieflage ist Stoff für heftige Konflikte zwischen Künstler:innen und Tech-Unternehmen und wirft die Frage auf, inwiefern das Urheberrecht die kreativen Leistungen Einzelner im KI-Zeitalter noch schützen kann. Der gerade in Kraft getretene „AI Act“, das weltweit erste Gesetz zur Regulierung von KI in der EU, spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle und verändert die Situation. Stehen wir am Übergang in ein neues Zeitalter in der Kunst, in dem die menschliche Schöpfung hinter die technologische zurücktritt?

Darüber diskutiert Prof. Dr. Linda Kuschel, Juniorprofessorin für Bürgerliches Recht, Immaterialgüterrecht sowie Recht und Digitalisierung mit Julian van Dieken, Fotograf, Videoproduzent, Medienreferent und KI-Künstler und Julia Laatsch, Fotografin, Vorständin des Deutschen Fotorats und Beirätin des Berufsverbands FREELENS e.V.
Moderation: Ralf Schlüter, Kulturjournalist und Gründer der Agentur Kulturbotschaft

Eintritt frei. Anmeldung und weitere Informationen hier

Institution

  • ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
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Wednesday, June 4th - 5th, 2025 | various times

The Digital Shift 4.0 - Hochschulverwaltungsdigitalisierung & OZG

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Die digitale Transformation administrativer Prozesse ist für moderne Organisationen unerlässlich, um den Erwartungen der Stakeholder gerecht zu werden und gesetzliche Vorgaben zu erfüllen. Dennoch stehen viele Hochschulen vor Herausforderungen wie föderalen Strukturen, Ressourcenmangel und rechtlichen Unsicherheiten. Diese Online-Konferenz zielt darauf ab, Best Practices auszutauschen und ausgewählte Fachthemen zu präsentieren. Zudem fördert sie die bundesweite Vernetzung der Hochschulen. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich insbesondere an Digitalisierungs- und OZG-Koordinator:innen sowie Mitarbeitende aus den Hochschulverwaltungen und ist kostenfrei. Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Anmeldung zur Onlinekonferenz auf eine begrenzte Teilnehmendenzahl beschränkt ist. Wir empfehlen Ihnen daher, sich zeitnah anzumelden. 

Programm

Institutions

  • ZKI-Geschäftsstelle c/o Freie Universität Berlin
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Monday, January 29th, 2024 | 18:00 p.m.

The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Rothenbaumchaussee 33, Room A125

Professor Ignacio Cofone, McGill University

The Hamburg Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL) invites you to its next event. We are pleased to welcome Professor Ignacio Cofone from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He presents his latest book in which he demonstrates why our legal system is unable to adequately protect our privacy in the reality of new data-driven technologies such as AI. The lecture is followed by a subsequent discussion on the topic. The event will be held in English.

The event will take place in person at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Rothenbaumchaussee 33, Room A125. No registration is required for this.

There is also the option of participating online. Please sign up by emailing nail@ile-hamburg.de.

Institutions

  • Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL)

 

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