Event Series AI and Ethics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our world at a rapid pace - from automated decision making in medicine to algorithms aiding our everyday life. But this progress comes with new ethical questions: Who is responsible for decisions made by AI? How can we prevent algorithms from discriminating against certain groups? How do we balance innovation and privacy?

Deploying AI in security related fields leads to particularly sensitive issues. Specifically, autonomous weapon systems raise questions pertaining to ethics as well as international law. Shall machines be allowed to decide about life or death? Moreover, AI based communication systems and social media affect democracy by driving opinion formation and potentially swinging elections.