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2nd April 2024
The Role of ethics in shaping robotics development
This article discusses how ethics can be integrated into the development of autonomous robotics. Firstly, a potential mediating role between philosophical ethics and engineering is outlined. Secondly, the capability of ethics of robotics in making implicit values in the development of the technology is explicitly discussed. Thirdly, it is demonstrated how this reflection can contribute to making issues of responsibility visible. Finally, it is pointed out that ethical reasoning and concepts often precede and inform legal regulation.
24th October 2023
Data Protection in the Smart Home
When people live in a smart home, they often cannot see where a camera is running, where a microphone might be recording something or where other data is being collected. The DAMA project aims to improve this situation and has developed a prototype that informs users about data collection and gives them back control over their data.
26th September 2023
Insights and Impact
In May, a symposium titled "Social Justice and Technological Futures" took place in the old town of Tübingen, bringing together a group of individuals from different corners of the globe. Participants shed light on the societal injustices embedded within technologies as well as solutions for just technological futures from an interdisciplinary perspective.
All articles of this category
| Release Date | Authors | Article |
| 02.04.2024 | Sebastian Gießler & Aline Franzke | The Role of ethics in shaping robotics development |
| 24.10.2023 | Alexander Orlowski | Data Protection in the Smart Home |
| 26.09.2023 | Sonja Pfisterer | Recap of the Symposium on Social Justice and Technological Futures |
| 04.04.2023 | Karoline Reinhardt | Trust in AI Ethics |
| 09.02.2023 | Alexander Orlowski | Neutrality of ChatGPT |
| 15.12.2022 | Martin Hennig | Digital afterlife |
| 02.09.2022 | Céline Gressel | Warum wir über Anwender*innen sprechen sollten |
| 29.03.2022 | Mone Spindler | Digitale Lösungen für Probleme mit Demenz - Chancen und Risiken auszubalancieren reicht nicht aus |
| 17.05.2021 | Isabella Hermann | Demokratie, Behörden und KI |
| 06.04.2021 | Jessica Heesen | Ethics and Artificial Intelligence |
| 08.02.2021 | Paula Helm | Covideo-Partys und Zoom-Fatigue |
| 12.11.2020 | Cora Bieß, Maria Pawelec | Schaden Deepfakes (wirklich) der Demokratie? |
| 07.05.2020 | Wulf Loh, Laura Schelenz | How the triage rules compound historical injustices against Black communities in the USA |