Dezember 2024: Neuer Beitrag zum Thema "Four Notions of Autonomy" (zusammen mit Roman Wagner)

The concept of autonomy is indispensable in the history of Western thought. At least that’s how it seems to us nowadays. However, the notion has not always had the outstanding significance that we ascribe to it today and its exact meaning has also changed considerably over time. In this paper, we want to shed light on different understandings of autonomy and clearly distinguish them from each other. Our main aim is to contribute to conceptual clarity in (interdisciplinary) discourses and to point out possible pitfalls of conceptual pluralism.

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November 2024: Webseite des Research Hub Neuroethics geht online

Der vom BMBF geförderte Research Hub Neuroethics hat nun eine eigene Webseite, die in Zukunft als Plattform für die Neuroethics Community in Deutschland dienen soll.

Hier geht es zur Webseite.

März 2024: Kick-off Event InVirtuo 4.0

Am 01.03. fand das Kick-off Event des InVirtuo 4.0-Projekts in Bonn statt.

Weitere Informationen zum Projekt finden Sie hier.

Februar 2024: Neuer Beitrag in Big Data & Society erschienen

The debate regarding prediction and explainability in artificial intelligence (AI) centers around the trade-off between achieving high-performance accurate models and the ability to understand and interpret the decisionmaking process of those models. In recent years, this debate has gained significant attention due to the increasing adoption of AI systems in various domains, including healthcare, finance, and criminal justice. While prediction and explainability are desirable goals in principle, the recent spread of high accuracy yet opaque machine learning (ML) algorithms has highlighted the trade-off between the two, marking this debate as an inter-disciplinary, inter-professional arena for negotiating expertise. There is no longer an agreement about what should be the “default” balance of prediction and explainability, with various positions reflecting claims for professional jurisdiction. Overall, there appears to be a growing schism between the regulatory and ethics-based call for explainability as a condition for trustworthy AI, and how it is being designed, assimilated, and negotiated. The impetus for writing this commentary comes from recent suggestions that explainability is overrated, including the argument that explainability is not guaranteed in human healthcare experts either. To shed light on this debate, its premises, and its recent twists, we provide an overview of key arguments representing different frames, focusing on AI in healthcare.

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Dezember 2023: Beitrag zu KI in "effzett - Das Magazin aus dem Forschungszentrum Jülich" erschienen

Ist das sicher?

KI etabliert sich mehr und mehr als Werkzeug in der Wissenschaft. Wer es nutzen will, sollte auch um die Beschränkungen dieser Methoden wissen: Wieweit lässt sich den Ergebnissen eines Algorithmus trauen? Wie viel Kontrolle ist möglich? [weiter lesen]

Dezember 2023: IWE in 2 Minutes

Bert heads the neuroethics section at IWE. Neuroethics, broadly conceived, is the branch of applied ethics that deals with scientific research and technological developments related to the human brain. Among other things, he is coordinator of the collaborative project FRAIM, which deals with AI-based diagnostics in neuromedicine.

Oktober 2023: Teilnahme an der 7th General Assembly des AI-Mind Project

Am 19. und 20. Oktober fand die Generalversammlung des AI-Mind Projekt in Helsinki statt. Seit Anfang des Jahres bin ich als External Ethics Advisor an diesem interessanten Projekt beteiligt. Weitere Informationen zur Generalversammlung sowie zum Projekt finden Sie hier.