News, Events, and Highlights Recent news, events, and highlights from the Digital Humanism Initiative. Workshop A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science? 2024-11-28 This workshop focuses on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs. Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “After the US Elections: the Future of AI Policy and Digital Humanism” 2024-11-26 We need to avoid fatalism and defeatism. The theme should be next steps. Book One Million Downloads! 2024-10-30 We're thrilled to announce that our books have reached a remarkable milestone of over one million downloads! We congratulate the authors. Doctoral College Digital Humanism Doctoral College - Shaping a responsible digital future 2024-11-06 We are excited to announce the launch of the new “Digital Humanism” Doctoral College together with Uni Wien and WU Wien! Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2024 2024-09-02 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology. Book Introduction to Digital Humanism 2023-11-09 Open access book discussing Digital Humanism in contexts such as AI, platform power, surveillance, democracy, and technology ethics. Lecture Series Dame Wendy Hall: “Governing AI for Humanity – UN Report for a Global Framework for AI Oversight” 2024-10-22 Dame Wendy Hall will present the UN Report on a global framework for AI oversight, discussing its seven recommendations to govern AI and protect human rights. Award Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson 2024-10-17 We are delighted to congratulate Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on being awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Award Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis 2024-10-14 Ziel des "Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis Awards" ist es, jene auszuzeichnen, die sich um die Verwirklichung des digitalen Humanismus in der Praxis verdient gemacht haben. Der Award will Vorbildwirkung erreichen und helfen, andere zur praktischen Umsetzung des digitalen Humanismus zu motivieren. Public Event Vienna Roundtable on Digital Humanism: “Federal Trojans” in Context - An Attempt of Clarification 2024-10-14 An event that invites people to reflect on and discuss digitalization and its effects. Public Event Public Event: “Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism - The first five years” 2024-09-02 On September 2, we celebrated 5 years of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism. Read all about its achievements, alliances, collaborations, and what’s next. Public Event What is the human being? Kant and the digital transformation 2024-10-07 Podium discussion exploring the question of how the digital transformation can be shaped in terms of a co-evolution of human and machine. Event Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Internet 2024-07-15 Join us for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Internet. The event will be opened by the co-inventor of the Internet Dr Vint Cerf and will feature a of series of panels with eminent speakers that will look back at what the Internet has achieved in the last 50 years and focus on the next generation of the Internet and AI. Lecture Series Autonomous Weapon Systems – Future Paths for Regulation 2024-06-25 Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan and Andreas Bilgeri talk about autonomous weapons and discuss the possible ways to regulation. DIGHUM Salon Digital Humanism Salon: Capital and the computer by Lachlan Kermode 2024-06-24 Lachlan Kermode talks about the relation between capital and computers. Lecture Series Generative AI Degrades Online Communities 2024-06-11 Gordon Burtch explains the impact of LLMs on online knowledge communities. Lecture Series Wessel Reijers: “Civic Virtue and Digital Technology” 2024-06-04 Wessel Reijers will talk about virtue ethics and technology, advocating for a new direction of research into civic virtue. Keynote WebSci'24: Keynote “Digital Humanism” by Hannes Werthner 2024-05-22 On May 22, Hannes Werthner held a keynote talk with the title “Digital Humanism” at WebSci'24. Lecture Series Theorizing Regulatory Data Infrastructure 2024-05-14 Stefania Milan introduces the concept of regulary data infrastructure and discusses its impact on the balance of power in many aspects. Conference Digital Humanism @ UNU Macau AI Conference 2024 2024-04-24 Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “AI Governance: An Abundance of Norms” 2024-04-16 Marc Rotenberg will assess AI governance's current state and future challenges, focusing on implementation and harmonization of global norms. Lecture Series Virgilio Almeida: “Algorithmic Institutionalism” 2024-03-19 Virgilio Almeida introduces a new concept viewing algorithms as emerging institutions in modern societies. Talk Digital Humanism: On Digitalization and “Artificial” Intelligence 2024-03-18 Hannes Werthner from the Digital Humanism Initiative will give a talk on digitalization, artificial intelligence, and digital humanism. Event AI in the Super Election Year 2024 & The EU Digital Services Act 2024-03-11 UNESCO Co-Chair Julia Neidhardt participates in two panel discussions in Vienna. Lecture Series Rodrigo Ferreira, Dympna O'Sullivan, Viola Schiaffonati, Bobby Schnabel: “Educating future computer professionals to ethical and social impacts of digital technologies” 2024-03-05 Panel discussion about the challenges in shaping new approaches and methods for educating computer professionals. Lecture Series America's Underground Empire and the Economic Security State 2024-02-27 Talk by Henry Farrell about geopolitics, national security, and economics. Lecture Series Daron Acemoğlu: “Can we have pro-human AI?” 2024-02-13 Daron Acemoğlu discusses how generative AI can be a force for good or evil, depending on the choices we make as a society. Public Statement Update on the EU AI Act 2024-01-31 Latest news about the EU AI Act. Paper Principles of digital humanism: A critical post-humanist view 2024-01-26 Reflections on digital humanism by Erich Prem. Lecture Series Thomas Lohninger: “Please Identify Yourself! What to expect of Europe's ubiquitous digital identification infrastructure” 2024-01-23 Thomas Lohninger will talk about the Digital Identity Systems. Public Talk U.S.–Austria Citizen Dialogue: AI’s Impact on Democracy 2024-01-16 In 2024’s record election year, a global forum at TU Wien examined AI’s critical influence on democracies and ways to navigate its challenges. UNESCO UNESCO Chair 2023-05-15 UNESCO Awards Chair on Digital Humanism. Lecture Series Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body 2024-01-09 Virginia Dignum will talk about the interim report of the UN Advisory Board on AI. Lecture Series The EU AI Act: A Success Story 2023-12-19 Panel discussion about the state of the AI act with Kai Zenner and George Metakides. Lecture Series Mei Lin Fung, Gianclaudio Malgieri, and Joseph Sifakis: “AI: Competition or Cooperation Between US and China... And What About Europe and Other Parts of the World” 2023-12-12 Join the panel discussion with experts on AI and geopolitics. Book Perspectives on Digital Humanism 2021-11-23 Open Access Book with Essays from Computer Science, Law, and Humanities. Lecture Series Anu Bradford: “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” 2023-11-21 DIGHUM lecture with Anu Bradford. Conference Can Machines Save the World? 2023-11-16 The Digital Humanism Fellowship Conference Lecture Democracy in the Digital Era 2023-11-06 Guest professorship lecture by George Metakides. Lecture Series Rainer Mühlhoff: “Predictive Privacy, or the Risk of Secondary Use of Trained ML Models” 2023-10-17 Rainer Mühlhoff explains the risks of secondary use of ML models regarding the privacy. Event European University Alliances: A New Space for Digital Humanism? 2023-09-26 Perspectives of action of European universities for education and research. Event Cybernetic Socialists. Computer and Revolution in Allende's Chile 2023-09-07 Chile's cybernetic dream of justice in early 70s. Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2023 2023-09-04 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology. Workshop Digital Humanism Summit 2023-07-03 The Digital Humanism Initiative comes together to identify possible responses to challenges that AI brings. Lecture Series Kay Firth-Butterfield: “Why does AI need to be Trustworthy and the axis of power between Big Tech and society” 2023-06-27 Kay Firth-Butterfield talks about Responsible Generative AI and impact of AI on the power structures. Lecture Series Jason Steinhauer: “History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past” 2023-06-13 Jason Steinhauer outlines how the web and social media have changed the way we learn and communicate about history. Lecture Series Alexander Pretschner: “Software Can Do Wrong: On Ethics in Agile Software Engineering” 2023-05-16 Alexander Pretschner talks about ethics in agile software engineering. Event Inauguration of the UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism 2023-05-15 TU Wien Informatics launches the first UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism to address the ethical, societal, and political challenges of digital technology. Lecture Series Helga Nowotny and George Metakides: “Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on ChatGPT and a possible new online world” 2023-03-28 Following the recent occurrence of ChatGPT, Helga Nowotny and George Metakides will outline a possible new online world. Brochure Digital Humanism in Vienna 2023-03-15 Brochure “Digital Humanism in Vienna” by the City of Vienna. Lecture Series Gary Marcus: “On Chat-GPT” 2023-03-09 Gary Marcus talks about Chat-GPT. Lecture Series Cory Doctorow: “Seize the Means of Computation” 2023-03-07 Cory Doctorow talks about tech giants and a free and fair future with technology. Lecture Series Tina Peterson: “Abstracted power and responsibility” 2023-02-21 In this interactive talk, Tina Peterson introduces a new concept of responsible technology. Lecture Series James A. Landay: “AI For Good Isn't Good Enough: A Call for Human-Centered AI” 2023-01-24 James A. Landay talks about the Human-Centered AI. Discussion Round Responsible AI in China 2022-12-19 Pingjing Yang talks about responsible AI in China. Lecture Series Luke Munn: “The Uselessness of AI Ethics” 2022-12-06 Luke Munn and Erich Prem discuss about the AI ethics and uselessness of AI guidelines. Lecture Who Elected Big Tech? 2022-11-25 IWM Digital Humanism Fellow Allison Stanger speaks about technological innovation and power shifts. IWM Workshop In the Shadow of Big Tech 2022-11-23 IWM Workshop with Allison Stanger, Paul Timmers, George Metakides and Guests. IWM Fellowship Lecture Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech 2022-11-22 Lecture of the IWM Digital Humanism Fellowship Program. Lecture Series David Rolnick “Is AI good or bad for the climate? It's complicated” 2022-11-15 David Rolnick talks about the AI and its impact on climate. Lecture Series Kate Crawford: “Rocks, Flesh, and Rockets: A Political Ecology of AI” 2022-10-18 Kate Crawford maps the global impacts of large-scale computation on the environment, personal data, and human labor. Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2022-09-19 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology. Lecture Series Eric Horvitz: “AI Advances, Responsibilities, and Governance” 2022-06-28 Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, tells us about the potential costs of AI and corporate responsibilities. Lecture Series Edward A. Lee: “Limits of Machines, Limits of Humans” 2022-05-24 Edward A. Lee, distinguished computer scientist and expert on societal implications of technology, talks about the limits of explainable AI. Lecture Series Frances Haugen: “The Facebook Files” 2022-05-17 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk about accountability & transparency in Social Media. Panel Discussion Algorithms. Data. Surveillance – Is There a Way Out? 2022-05-05 Panelists Marc Rotenberg, Christiane Wendehorst, and Hannes Werthner discuss democracy, digitalization, and ways to take action. Moderation by Josef Broukal. Lecture Series Carles Sierra: “Responsible Artificial Intelligence” 2022-04-26 Carles Sierra talks about responsible technology and how to counteract social fears of AI. Lecture Series David Danks: “AI Ethics as Translational Ethics” 2022-04-05 David Danks talks about the ethical implications of AI and how we can create ethics specific to AI design, development, and deployment. Lecture Series Benjamin Gregg: “How Artificial Intelligence May One Day Threaten the Political Capacity of Human Intelligence” 2022-03-29 Benjamin Gregg talks about how some forms of artificial intelligence may one day threaten the political capacity of human intelligence. Workshop Towards a Research and Innovation Roadmap 2022-03-03 How to advance digital technologies towards realizing inclusion and democratic societies. The 4th Workshop on Digital Humanism. Lecture Series Melanie Mitchell: “Why AI is Harder Than We Think” 2022-02-22 Melanie Mitchell talks about why the development of long-promised AI tech has turned out to be much harder than many people expected. Lecture Series Daniel Samaan: “Job Scenarios 2030: How the World of Work has Changed Around the Globe” 2022-02-08 Daniel Samaan talks about how the world of work will look like in 2030. Moderation by George Metakides. Lecture Series Antonio Casilli: “What is a 'Truly Ethical' Artificial Intelligence? An end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems” 2022-01-25 Antonio Casilli talks about an end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems. Lecture Series Minxin Pei: “Transition From Labor-intensive to Tech-intensive Surveillance in China” 2021-11-16 Minxin Pei talks about the effectiveness of the Chinese surveillance state. Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values: What is the Path Forward?” 2021-11-09 Marc Rotenberg talks about how effectively new policy frameworks address AI-related challenges in the areas of human rights and democratic values. Lecture Series Ben Shneiderman: “Human-Centered AI: A New Synthesis” 2021-10-12 Ben Shneiderman talks about Human-Centered AI (HCAI), an emerging new synthesis of AI technologies and HCI approaches. Lecture Series Roberto Di Cosmo: “Should we preserve the world's software history, and can we?” 2021-06-29 Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA, France) and Edward A. Lee (UC Berkeley, USA) discuss the role of software in cultural heritage. Lecture Series Allison Stanger: “Digital Humanism and Democracy in Geopolitical Context” 2021-06-15 What are the effects of corporate surveillance in either autocracies or liberal democracies? Lecture Series Irina Orssich: “The New EU Proposal for AI Regulation” 2021-06-08 Irina Orssich (European Commission) aims at contributing to the public debate of how AI should be regulated in the future. Vienna Gödel Lecture Moshe Y. Vardi: “Technology Is Driving the Future, but Who Is Steering?” 2021-05-27 In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society. Lecture Series Cristiano Codagnone: “The Platform Economy and Europe: Between Regulation and Digital Geopolitics” 2021-05-18 Cristiano Codagnone explains why platforms are not simply technological corporations but a form of quasi-infrastructure. Lecture Series Ricardo Baeza-Yates: “Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task” 2021-05-04 Different biases affect all of us on the Web. Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains how we can become aware of them and safeguard a concept of ethics in AI. Lecture Series Ron Roozendaal: “Vaccination Passports – a tool for liberation or the opposite?” 2021-04-20 How can apps like the “Green Passport” be made reliable and privacy-preserving? And can they pave the way back to normality? Lecture Series Sally Wyatt, Jeanne Lenders, Hinda Haned, Judy Wajcman, and Erin Young: “(Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism” 2021-04-13 This panel focuses on how different voices and interests can be included in the development and application of digital technologies. Lecture Series Saa Dittoh, Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, and Anna Bon “Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education” 2021-03-23 This panel focuses on how digital technologies' ethical and social aspects can be handled adequately in academic research. Lecture Series Pilar del Castillo, Lokke Moerel, and Yvo Volman: “Preventing Data Colonialism without resorting to protectionism - The European strategy” 2021-02-23 This panel discussion will focus on the processing and exploitation of European citizens' data by non-European companies. Lecture Series Sunimal Mendis: “Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere” 2021-02-02 This lecture will focus on how social media platforms can shape public discourse by their algorithmic content moderation. Lecture Series June Lowery-Kingston, Jan-Hendrik Passoth, and Michael Veale : “Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics” 2021-01-26 This panel will focus on the modern colonial powers in cyberspace - global concerns controlling digital platforms and social networks. Lecture Series Julian Nida-Rümelin: “Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism” 2020-12-15 In our next lecture, Julian Nida-Rümelin will develop the main features of what he calls Digital Humanism. Workshop Strategies for a Humanistic Digital Future 2020-11-19 We invite you to our online workshop on Digital Humanism to discuss AI in Europe, education, and resilient sustainable systems. Lecture Series Deborah G. Johnson, Guglielmo Tamburrini, and Yi Zeng: “Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping our World” 2020-11-03 This panel discussion, part of our DIGHUM lecture series, will deal with the ethical implications and global challenges of AI. Lecture Series Elissa M. Redmiles: “Learning from the People: Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps” 2020-10-20 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism - this time with Elissa M. Redmiles from Microsoft Research. Lecture Series Paul Timmers, Ciaran Martin, Margot Dor, and Georg Serentschy: “Digital Sovereignty – Navigating Between Scylla and Charybdis” 2020-10-06 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, where international experts discuss digital sovereignty. Lecture Series Barbara J. Grosz: “An AI and Computer Science Dilemma: Could I? Should I?” 2020-09-22 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, held by Harvard’s Barbara J. Grosz. Lecture Series Stuart Russell: “How Not to Destroy the World with Artificial Intelligence!“ 2020-09-08 Join our lecture series with Stuart Russell from UC Berkeley presenting his views on this crucial issue. Lecture Series Alfonso Fuggetta and James Larus: “Corona Contact Tracing – the Role of Governments and Tech Giants” 2020-07-14 Join Alfonso Fuggetta and James Larus discussing this crucial issue in our lecture series. Moderated by Jeff Kramer. Lecture Series Moshe Y. Vardi: “Lessons for Digital Humanism from Covid-19“ 2020-06-09 Following workshops and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online lectures, where we discuss different aspects of this topic. Workshop Digital Humanism: Informatics in Times of COVID-19 2020-05-14 Following a workshop and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online workshop highlighting the digital transformation of society. Workshop Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism 2019-04-04 Digitalization is permeating all spheres of life - how can we deal with this transformation of our society? Workshop to discuss the challenges and chances.
Workshop A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science? 2024-11-28 This workshop focuses on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs.
Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “After the US Elections: the Future of AI Policy and Digital Humanism” 2024-11-26 We need to avoid fatalism and defeatism. The theme should be next steps.
Book One Million Downloads! 2024-10-30 We're thrilled to announce that our books have reached a remarkable milestone of over one million downloads! We congratulate the authors.
Doctoral College Digital Humanism Doctoral College - Shaping a responsible digital future 2024-11-06 We are excited to announce the launch of the new “Digital Humanism” Doctoral College together with Uni Wien and WU Wien!
Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2024 2024-09-02 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.
Book Introduction to Digital Humanism 2023-11-09 Open access book discussing Digital Humanism in contexts such as AI, platform power, surveillance, democracy, and technology ethics.
Lecture Series Dame Wendy Hall: “Governing AI for Humanity – UN Report for a Global Framework for AI Oversight” 2024-10-22 Dame Wendy Hall will present the UN Report on a global framework for AI oversight, discussing its seven recommendations to govern AI and protect human rights.
Award Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson 2024-10-17 We are delighted to congratulate Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on being awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Award Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis 2024-10-14 Ziel des "Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis Awards" ist es, jene auszuzeichnen, die sich um die Verwirklichung des digitalen Humanismus in der Praxis verdient gemacht haben. Der Award will Vorbildwirkung erreichen und helfen, andere zur praktischen Umsetzung des digitalen Humanismus zu motivieren.
Public Event Vienna Roundtable on Digital Humanism: “Federal Trojans” in Context - An Attempt of Clarification 2024-10-14 An event that invites people to reflect on and discuss digitalization and its effects.
Public Event Public Event: “Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism - The first five years” 2024-09-02 On September 2, we celebrated 5 years of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism. Read all about its achievements, alliances, collaborations, and what’s next.
Public Event What is the human being? Kant and the digital transformation 2024-10-07 Podium discussion exploring the question of how the digital transformation can be shaped in terms of a co-evolution of human and machine.
Event Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Internet 2024-07-15 Join us for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Internet. The event will be opened by the co-inventor of the Internet Dr Vint Cerf and will feature a of series of panels with eminent speakers that will look back at what the Internet has achieved in the last 50 years and focus on the next generation of the Internet and AI.
Lecture Series Autonomous Weapon Systems – Future Paths for Regulation 2024-06-25 Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan and Andreas Bilgeri talk about autonomous weapons and discuss the possible ways to regulation.
DIGHUM Salon Digital Humanism Salon: Capital and the computer by Lachlan Kermode 2024-06-24 Lachlan Kermode talks about the relation between capital and computers.
Lecture Series Generative AI Degrades Online Communities 2024-06-11 Gordon Burtch explains the impact of LLMs on online knowledge communities.
Lecture Series Wessel Reijers: “Civic Virtue and Digital Technology” 2024-06-04 Wessel Reijers will talk about virtue ethics and technology, advocating for a new direction of research into civic virtue.
Keynote WebSci'24: Keynote “Digital Humanism” by Hannes Werthner 2024-05-22 On May 22, Hannes Werthner held a keynote talk with the title “Digital Humanism” at WebSci'24.
Lecture Series Theorizing Regulatory Data Infrastructure 2024-05-14 Stefania Milan introduces the concept of regulary data infrastructure and discusses its impact on the balance of power in many aspects.
Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “AI Governance: An Abundance of Norms” 2024-04-16 Marc Rotenberg will assess AI governance's current state and future challenges, focusing on implementation and harmonization of global norms.
Lecture Series Virgilio Almeida: “Algorithmic Institutionalism” 2024-03-19 Virgilio Almeida introduces a new concept viewing algorithms as emerging institutions in modern societies.
Talk Digital Humanism: On Digitalization and “Artificial” Intelligence 2024-03-18 Hannes Werthner from the Digital Humanism Initiative will give a talk on digitalization, artificial intelligence, and digital humanism.
Event AI in the Super Election Year 2024 & The EU Digital Services Act 2024-03-11 UNESCO Co-Chair Julia Neidhardt participates in two panel discussions in Vienna.
Lecture Series Rodrigo Ferreira, Dympna O'Sullivan, Viola Schiaffonati, Bobby Schnabel: “Educating future computer professionals to ethical and social impacts of digital technologies” 2024-03-05 Panel discussion about the challenges in shaping new approaches and methods for educating computer professionals.
Lecture Series America's Underground Empire and the Economic Security State 2024-02-27 Talk by Henry Farrell about geopolitics, national security, and economics.
Lecture Series Daron Acemoğlu: “Can we have pro-human AI?” 2024-02-13 Daron Acemoğlu discusses how generative AI can be a force for good or evil, depending on the choices we make as a society.
Paper Principles of digital humanism: A critical post-humanist view 2024-01-26 Reflections on digital humanism by Erich Prem.
Lecture Series Thomas Lohninger: “Please Identify Yourself! What to expect of Europe's ubiquitous digital identification infrastructure” 2024-01-23 Thomas Lohninger will talk about the Digital Identity Systems.
Public Talk U.S.–Austria Citizen Dialogue: AI’s Impact on Democracy 2024-01-16 In 2024’s record election year, a global forum at TU Wien examined AI’s critical influence on democracies and ways to navigate its challenges.
Lecture Series Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body 2024-01-09 Virginia Dignum will talk about the interim report of the UN Advisory Board on AI.
Lecture Series The EU AI Act: A Success Story 2023-12-19 Panel discussion about the state of the AI act with Kai Zenner and George Metakides.
Lecture Series Mei Lin Fung, Gianclaudio Malgieri, and Joseph Sifakis: “AI: Competition or Cooperation Between US and China... And What About Europe and Other Parts of the World” 2023-12-12 Join the panel discussion with experts on AI and geopolitics.
Book Perspectives on Digital Humanism 2021-11-23 Open Access Book with Essays from Computer Science, Law, and Humanities.
Lecture Series Anu Bradford: “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” 2023-11-21 DIGHUM lecture with Anu Bradford.
Lecture Series Rainer Mühlhoff: “Predictive Privacy, or the Risk of Secondary Use of Trained ML Models” 2023-10-17 Rainer Mühlhoff explains the risks of secondary use of ML models regarding the privacy.
Event European University Alliances: A New Space for Digital Humanism? 2023-09-26 Perspectives of action of European universities for education and research.
Event Cybernetic Socialists. Computer and Revolution in Allende's Chile 2023-09-07 Chile's cybernetic dream of justice in early 70s.
Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2023 2023-09-04 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.
Workshop Digital Humanism Summit 2023-07-03 The Digital Humanism Initiative comes together to identify possible responses to challenges that AI brings.
Lecture Series Kay Firth-Butterfield: “Why does AI need to be Trustworthy and the axis of power between Big Tech and society” 2023-06-27 Kay Firth-Butterfield talks about Responsible Generative AI and impact of AI on the power structures.
Lecture Series Jason Steinhauer: “History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past” 2023-06-13 Jason Steinhauer outlines how the web and social media have changed the way we learn and communicate about history.
Lecture Series Alexander Pretschner: “Software Can Do Wrong: On Ethics in Agile Software Engineering” 2023-05-16 Alexander Pretschner talks about ethics in agile software engineering.
Event Inauguration of the UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism 2023-05-15 TU Wien Informatics launches the first UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism to address the ethical, societal, and political challenges of digital technology.
Lecture Series Helga Nowotny and George Metakides: “Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on ChatGPT and a possible new online world” 2023-03-28 Following the recent occurrence of ChatGPT, Helga Nowotny and George Metakides will outline a possible new online world.
Brochure Digital Humanism in Vienna 2023-03-15 Brochure “Digital Humanism in Vienna” by the City of Vienna.
Lecture Series Cory Doctorow: “Seize the Means of Computation” 2023-03-07 Cory Doctorow talks about tech giants and a free and fair future with technology.
Lecture Series Tina Peterson: “Abstracted power and responsibility” 2023-02-21 In this interactive talk, Tina Peterson introduces a new concept of responsible technology.
Lecture Series James A. Landay: “AI For Good Isn't Good Enough: A Call for Human-Centered AI” 2023-01-24 James A. Landay talks about the Human-Centered AI.
Discussion Round Responsible AI in China 2022-12-19 Pingjing Yang talks about responsible AI in China.
Lecture Series Luke Munn: “The Uselessness of AI Ethics” 2022-12-06 Luke Munn and Erich Prem discuss about the AI ethics and uselessness of AI guidelines.
Lecture Who Elected Big Tech? 2022-11-25 IWM Digital Humanism Fellow Allison Stanger speaks about technological innovation and power shifts.
IWM Workshop In the Shadow of Big Tech 2022-11-23 IWM Workshop with Allison Stanger, Paul Timmers, George Metakides and Guests.
IWM Fellowship Lecture Open Societies and Democratic Sustainability in the Shadow of Big Tech 2022-11-22 Lecture of the IWM Digital Humanism Fellowship Program.
Lecture Series David Rolnick “Is AI good or bad for the climate? It's complicated” 2022-11-15 David Rolnick talks about the AI and its impact on climate.
Lecture Series Kate Crawford: “Rocks, Flesh, and Rockets: A Political Ecology of AI” 2022-10-18 Kate Crawford maps the global impacts of large-scale computation on the environment, personal data, and human labor.
Summer School Digital Humanism Summer School 2022-09-19 Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.
Lecture Series Eric Horvitz: “AI Advances, Responsibilities, and Governance” 2022-06-28 Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, tells us about the potential costs of AI and corporate responsibilities.
Lecture Series Edward A. Lee: “Limits of Machines, Limits of Humans” 2022-05-24 Edward A. Lee, distinguished computer scientist and expert on societal implications of technology, talks about the limits of explainable AI.
Lecture Series Frances Haugen: “The Facebook Files” 2022-05-17 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk about accountability & transparency in Social Media.
Panel Discussion Algorithms. Data. Surveillance – Is There a Way Out? 2022-05-05 Panelists Marc Rotenberg, Christiane Wendehorst, and Hannes Werthner discuss democracy, digitalization, and ways to take action. Moderation by Josef Broukal.
Lecture Series Carles Sierra: “Responsible Artificial Intelligence” 2022-04-26 Carles Sierra talks about responsible technology and how to counteract social fears of AI.
Lecture Series David Danks: “AI Ethics as Translational Ethics” 2022-04-05 David Danks talks about the ethical implications of AI and how we can create ethics specific to AI design, development, and deployment.
Lecture Series Benjamin Gregg: “How Artificial Intelligence May One Day Threaten the Political Capacity of Human Intelligence” 2022-03-29 Benjamin Gregg talks about how some forms of artificial intelligence may one day threaten the political capacity of human intelligence.
Workshop Towards a Research and Innovation Roadmap 2022-03-03 How to advance digital technologies towards realizing inclusion and democratic societies. The 4th Workshop on Digital Humanism.
Lecture Series Melanie Mitchell: “Why AI is Harder Than We Think” 2022-02-22 Melanie Mitchell talks about why the development of long-promised AI tech has turned out to be much harder than many people expected.
Lecture Series Daniel Samaan: “Job Scenarios 2030: How the World of Work has Changed Around the Globe” 2022-02-08 Daniel Samaan talks about how the world of work will look like in 2030. Moderation by George Metakides.
Lecture Series Antonio Casilli: “What is a 'Truly Ethical' Artificial Intelligence? An end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems” 2022-01-25 Antonio Casilli talks about an end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems.
Lecture Series Minxin Pei: “Transition From Labor-intensive to Tech-intensive Surveillance in China” 2021-11-16 Minxin Pei talks about the effectiveness of the Chinese surveillance state.
Lecture Series Marc Rotenberg: “Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values: What is the Path Forward?” 2021-11-09 Marc Rotenberg talks about how effectively new policy frameworks address AI-related challenges in the areas of human rights and democratic values.
Lecture Series Ben Shneiderman: “Human-Centered AI: A New Synthesis” 2021-10-12 Ben Shneiderman talks about Human-Centered AI (HCAI), an emerging new synthesis of AI technologies and HCI approaches.
Lecture Series Roberto Di Cosmo: “Should we preserve the world's software history, and can we?” 2021-06-29 Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA, France) and Edward A. Lee (UC Berkeley, USA) discuss the role of software in cultural heritage.
Lecture Series Allison Stanger: “Digital Humanism and Democracy in Geopolitical Context” 2021-06-15 What are the effects of corporate surveillance in either autocracies or liberal democracies?
Lecture Series Irina Orssich: “The New EU Proposal for AI Regulation” 2021-06-08 Irina Orssich (European Commission) aims at contributing to the public debate of how AI should be regulated in the future.
Vienna Gödel Lecture Moshe Y. Vardi: “Technology Is Driving the Future, but Who Is Steering?” 2021-05-27 In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society.
Lecture Series Cristiano Codagnone: “The Platform Economy and Europe: Between Regulation and Digital Geopolitics” 2021-05-18 Cristiano Codagnone explains why platforms are not simply technological corporations but a form of quasi-infrastructure.
Lecture Series Ricardo Baeza-Yates: “Ethics in AI: A Challenging Task” 2021-05-04 Different biases affect all of us on the Web. Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains how we can become aware of them and safeguard a concept of ethics in AI.
Lecture Series Ron Roozendaal: “Vaccination Passports – a tool for liberation or the opposite?” 2021-04-20 How can apps like the “Green Passport” be made reliable and privacy-preserving? And can they pave the way back to normality?
Lecture Series Sally Wyatt, Jeanne Lenders, Hinda Haned, Judy Wajcman, and Erin Young: “(Gender) Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanism” 2021-04-13 This panel focuses on how different voices and interests can be included in the development and application of digital technologies.
Lecture Series Saa Dittoh, Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, and Anna Bon “Digital Society, Social Justice and Academic Education” 2021-03-23 This panel focuses on how digital technologies' ethical and social aspects can be handled adequately in academic research.
Lecture Series Pilar del Castillo, Lokke Moerel, and Yvo Volman: “Preventing Data Colonialism without resorting to protectionism - The European strategy” 2021-02-23 This panel discussion will focus on the processing and exploitation of European citizens' data by non-European companies.
Lecture Series Sunimal Mendis: “Freedom of Expression in the Digital Public Sphere” 2021-02-02 This lecture will focus on how social media platforms can shape public discourse by their algorithmic content moderation.
Lecture Series June Lowery-Kingston, Jan-Hendrik Passoth, and Michael Veale : “Digital Superpowers and Geopolitics” 2021-01-26 This panel will focus on the modern colonial powers in cyberspace - global concerns controlling digital platforms and social networks.
Lecture Series Julian Nida-Rümelin: “Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism” 2020-12-15 In our next lecture, Julian Nida-Rümelin will develop the main features of what he calls Digital Humanism.
Workshop Strategies for a Humanistic Digital Future 2020-11-19 We invite you to our online workshop on Digital Humanism to discuss AI in Europe, education, and resilient sustainable systems.
Lecture Series Deborah G. Johnson, Guglielmo Tamburrini, and Yi Zeng: “Ethics and IT: How AI is Reshaping our World” 2020-11-03 This panel discussion, part of our DIGHUM lecture series, will deal with the ethical implications and global challenges of AI.
Lecture Series Elissa M. Redmiles: “Learning from the People: Responsibly Encouraging Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps” 2020-10-20 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism - this time with Elissa M. Redmiles from Microsoft Research.
Lecture Series Paul Timmers, Ciaran Martin, Margot Dor, and Georg Serentschy: “Digital Sovereignty – Navigating Between Scylla and Charybdis” 2020-10-06 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, where international experts discuss digital sovereignty.
Lecture Series Barbara J. Grosz: “An AI and Computer Science Dilemma: Could I? Should I?” 2020-09-22 Join us online for the next lecture in our series on Digital Humanism, held by Harvard’s Barbara J. Grosz.
Lecture Series Stuart Russell: “How Not to Destroy the World with Artificial Intelligence!“ 2020-09-08 Join our lecture series with Stuart Russell from UC Berkeley presenting his views on this crucial issue.
Lecture Series Alfonso Fuggetta and James Larus: “Corona Contact Tracing – the Role of Governments and Tech Giants” 2020-07-14 Join Alfonso Fuggetta and James Larus discussing this crucial issue in our lecture series. Moderated by Jeff Kramer.
Lecture Series Moshe Y. Vardi: “Lessons for Digital Humanism from Covid-19“ 2020-06-09 Following workshops and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online lectures, where we discuss different aspects of this topic.
Workshop Digital Humanism: Informatics in Times of COVID-19 2020-05-14 Following a workshop and the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, we invite you to our online workshop highlighting the digital transformation of society.
Workshop Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism 2019-04-04 Digitalization is permeating all spheres of life - how can we deal with this transformation of our society? Workshop to discuss the challenges and chances.
