Ethics and Social Philosophy of the Digital Society

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I am leading the Ethics and critical theories of artificial intelligence research group at the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück. My team works on contemporary critical philosophy of the digital world. Our projects cover the ethics of AI, data protection and Big Data, digital technology and power, intersectionality and anti-discrimination, digital enlightenment and participation.

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Chatbots at School!? (with Marte Henningsen). Chaos Communication Congress 38c3, 28 December 2024, Hamburg, Germany. Languages: 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 live translation

Purpose Limitation for AI (with Hannah Ruschemeier). Chaos Communication Congress 38c3, 29 December 2024, Hamburg, Germany. Languages: 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 live translation

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05. February 2024

NDR Kultur – Das Journal on my work

Under the title “Was sind die Risiken von KI?”, NDR Kultur – Das Journal made a report on my current work. Many thanks to Lennart Herberhold.

14. December 2022

Predictive Privacy at CAIS Bochum

It was a great pleasure presenting my research on ethical implications of predictive analytics at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum.

29. August 2022

Live bei WDR5 – Das Philosophische Radio

Am 29. August 2022 bin ich zu Gast bei WDR5 im Philosophischen Radio. Mit Moderator Jürgen Wiebicke rede ich über Ethik der künstlichen Intelligenz, Datensch...

23. September 2019

Transitioning to TU Berlin

I’m happy to announce that as of October I will transition to the newly founded Excellence Cluster Science of Intelligence at Technische Universität Berlin....

21. September 2019

New article on “Human-Aided AI” out

My article Menschengestützte Künstliche Intelligenz. Über die soziotechnischen Voraussetzungen von «deep learning» just appeared in Zeitschrift für Medienwis...