TU Wien DIGHUM

Viola Schiaffonati: “AI-related Risks: A Philosophical Analysis”

Join us for a talk with Viola Schiaffonati.

Speaker: Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Speaker: Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

May 5th 2026

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About the Event

May 05, 2026
5:00 – 6:00 PM
(17:00) CEST

The event will be streamed via LectureTube. Link forthcoming.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Abstract

AI-related risks: A philosophical analysis

Risks connected with AI systems are now a recurrent topic in public and academic debates. In this talk I will offer a philosophical analysis of such risks with the aim of providing a comprehensive and general framework to think about AI-related risks. First, by building upon the existing literature on natural disaster risk analysis, I will present a multi-component analysis of risk and discuss its benefits in terms not only of conceptual clarification but also of possible mitigation. Second, by adopting a multi-hazard and multi-risk framework, I will analyze AI-related risks as potentially emerging from the combination of the risks related to the different elements of the AI system and its context of use.

Slides

Slides will be available for download after the lecture.