Fall Semester 23/24

Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School (MMMIGS) and ZeMKI are hosting a workshop about data visualization for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The workshop takes place on March 15, from 9:00-17:00 at the University of (…)

Overview of the ComAI Lectures in Fall / Winter 2023/24 Prof. Dr. Julia Velkova (Linköping University, Sweden): „Greening the cloud: data and energy entanglements in friction“ Prof. Dr. Nick Couldry (LSE, UK): “AI as knowledge (…)

On behalf of the international research project Shaping 21st Century AI, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the ZeMKI, University of Bremen, in cooperation with the research group “Politics of Digitalization” at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), invite to an international conference on the topic of AI controversies. The conference was held in English.

Abstract In this talk, I will explore the transformative potential of communicative artificial intelligence (AI) on the foundations of free speech. While optimistic perspectives propose that AI will catalyze and equalize political participation, others express (…)

  also part of the FB9 lecture series on “The challenge of climate change” – cultural science perspectives on life in a threatened world Abstract The roll-out of data analytics, algorithmic decision-making and AI has (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

also part of the FB9 lecture series on “The challenge of climate change” – cultural science perspectives on life in a threatened world Abstract Amidst intensifying debates about the possibilities and harms with AI and (…)

At our PhD Onboarding meeting we will warmly welcome new PhD students to the ZeMKI program. We will discuss current issues relevant to the program and present the schedule for the upcoming semester. Additionally, you’ll (…)