Seminar: Begleitseminar zum Studienprojekt: Data Ethics Outreach Lab - Details

Seminar: Begleitseminar zum Studienprojekt: Data Ethics Outreach Lab - Details

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Course name Seminar: Begleitseminar zum Studienprojekt: Data Ethics Outreach Lab
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Course number 8.3104
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 3
Home institute Ethics of AI
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 29.10.2024 14:00 - 17:00
Type/Form
Pre-requisites Lecture "Introduction to the Ethics of AI" (or equivalent course at other university)
Learning organisation Participation mode: on site
SWS 4
Primary Language of Instruction Englisch / English
ECTS points 6

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Tuesday: 14:00 - 17:00, weekly

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UPDATE:
Please note that from the winter term 24/25 on, this course does not accept new Study Project participants. We however warmly welcome new students for interdisciplinary course participation (6 ECTS, one semester).

More details on the content and programme will be discussed in the first session on Tuesday, October 29th. As an orientation, the course will consist of seminar sessions and project groups, which combine a theoretical research task with a practical component (organisation of a school workshop). Participants will further have the opportunity to write an academic paper based on the report they produce during the seminar.
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In this Study project for CogSci Master Students we critically explore the risks and societal implications of networked digital services to develop strategies and formats for public awareness raising. Investigating various phenomena ranging from addictive interface design of social media, and targeted advertising to AI Beauty Filters, in our previous work we have organized school lessons at high schools, facilitated workshops for various audiences, designed games and websites and curated an event at Kunsthalle Osnabrück.

As of the summer term 2024, our study project pursues the special focus on "Predicted Futures". Under this title we investigate how big-data-driven technologies are shaping – and perhaps predetermining – the future.

The following questions guide us on this investigation: How are big-data-driven technologies applied to predict our behaviour, interests, emotions, desires or health? In which way do they actually path the way into a predetermined future, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy? What are the politics behind the urge and the application of predictive analytics that make it seem as an acceptable way of solving the polycrises of today? And how are common narratives of tech-determinism and tech-solutionism prefiguring our understanding of possible futures? What could alternative, inclusive and sustainable futures look like? And what role would AI play in it?

We are excited to embark on this journey in collaboration with Theater Osnabrück, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Museum für Industriekultur and various regional schools. As a cornerstone of the project, we aim to encourage an intergenerational dialogue on desirable tech-futures. Based on the theater play "(R)Evolution" we work with high-school students and engage them into a conversation about the prospective futures that AI poses.


Participation requirements
- Prior knowledge in the field of data ethics. Completion of the lecture "Intro to Ethics of AI" or similar lectures/seminars.
- On site participation, Tuesdays 2–5 pm
- Due to the close collaboration with local cultural institutions this semester, sufficient German skills (~B2) are advantageous.