On November 3rd, Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Prof. Maja Horst, Department of Technology, Management and Economic Innovation at DTU, will talk at our TUM-IAS Wednesday Coffee Talk.

Title: Does it matter how we talk about AI in public?

Date: November 3rd, 2021 Time: 13:00 (until approx.14:00)

Abstract:

AI is expected to have transformative effects in many industries and in the public sphere as well. Simultaneously, voices in the public sphere consider AI a threat to social values and practices. This talk will present a research project dedicated to the study of the effects of such a highly charged public and policy communication environment on the conditions for AI innovation. The project adopts a perspective of studying innovation communication as an integrated part of the research and innovation process. Positive expectations about the future technology are necessary for the generation of resources, such as funding, legitimacy and human talent. At the same time, public imaginations of particular technological futures can have adverse effects, for instance on the political decision-making to allow, postpone or deny experimental use of big data or AI in public services. Communication is therefore not an add-on to AI development, but a constituent part of how technologies can and will be developed.

Location:

Hybrid format: Auditorium of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, Lichtenbergstr. 2a, Garching; simultaneously via Zoom (to get access information, please e-mail events@ias.tum.de). Please note that due to the ongoing pandemic, all TUM buildings are currently subject to the “3G rule” (access only to persons that are vaccinated, tested or recovered). There is a testing facility down the road at the StudiTUM building (Lichtenbergstr. 3; https://schnelltest-studitum.de/).

Registration:

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