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Speaker Series and Q&A with Joanna Bryson
The TUM IEAI had the pleasure of having Professor Joanna Bryson give a talk at its first virtual Speaker Series session on 14 May 2020. The title of her talk was just as thought-provoking as her presentation itself Artificial Intelligence is Necessarily Irresponsible.
Call for Proposals 2020
The TUM Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) has announced an invitation for multi-disciplinary research proposals that seek to study and design research-based concrete and practical solutions for issues related specifically to ethics and the use of AI to manage pandemics and health-related crises.
TUM to lead AI Future Lab for Earth observation
The new Future Lab, AI4EO, is launching in May 2020 under TUM leadership and will be funded with up to 5 million Euros. In cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), among others, satellite data and Big Data analyses will be used to create models of global urbanization, food supplies and the management of natural disasters.
AI and COVID-19: “Short-term decisions can have a long-term impact on our world”
The weapons deployed in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic also include artificial intelligence. AI might be able to recognize patterns in the spread of the disease, for example. These new possibilities raise ethical issues, however.
Launch of the Global AI Ethics Consortium (GAIEC)
The COVID-19 crisis has already changed daily life in innumerable ways, and it will continue to have a significant impact as it shifts global opinion, politics, and approaches to combating pandemics and crises of all kinds.
Talking AI Ethics at Lake Starnberg
The IEAI co-hosted the 12th annual Forum for Humane Economic Order „Menschenwürdige Wirtschaftsordnung“ with the Academy for Political Education Tutzing on 6-7 March 2020. Set behind a stunning view of Lake Starnberg and the Alps, this year’s forum focused on the topic “Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.”