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• New Books on Digital Humanism
  Dec 18, 2024 Book, The Digital Humanism Initiative has published two new books in cooperation with the Vienna City Library. Join the public events on January 20 and 24.
• A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science?
  Nov 28, 2024 Workshop, 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.
• Marc Rotenberg: “After the US Elections: the Future of AI Policy and Digital Humanism”
  Nov 26, 2024 Lecture Series, We need to avoid fatalism and defeatism. The theme should be next steps.
• One Million Downloads!
  Oct 30, 2024 Book, We're thrilled to announce that our books have reached a remarkable milestone of over one million downloads! We congratulate the authors.
• Digital Humanism Doctoral College - Shaping a responsible digital future
  Nov 6, 2024 Doctoral College, We are excited to announce the launch of the new “Digital Humanism” Doctoral College together with Uni Wien and WU Wien!
• Introduction to Digital Humanism
  Nov 9, 2023 Book, Open access book discussing Digital Humanism in contexts such as AI, platform power, surveillance, democracy, and technology ethics.
• Dame Wendy Hall: “Governing AI for Humanity – UN Report for a Global Framework for AI Oversight”
  Oct 22, 2024 Lecture Series, 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.
• Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson
  Oct 17, 2024 Award, 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.
• Digitaler Humanismus in der Praxis
  Oct 14, 2024 Award, 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.
• Vienna Roundtable on Digital Humanism: “Federal Trojans” in Context - An Attempt of Clarification
  Oct 14, 2024 Public Event, An event that invites people to reflect on and discuss digitalization and its effects.
• Digital Humanism Summer School 2024
  Sep 2, 2024 Summer School, Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.
• Public Event: “Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism - The first five years”
  Sep 2, 2024 Public Event, 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.
• What is the human being? Kant and the digital transformation
  Oct 7, 2024 Public Event, Podium discussion exploring the question of how the digital transformation can be shaped in terms of a co-evolution of human and machine.
• Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Internet
  Jul 15, 2024 Event, 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.
• Autonomous Weapon Systems – Future Paths for Regulation
  Jun 25, 2024 Lecture Series, Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan and Andreas Bilgeri talk about autonomous weapons and discuss the possible ways to regulation.
• Digital Humanism Salon: Capital and the computer by Lachlan Kermode
  Jun 24, 2024 DIGHUM Salon, Lachlan Kermode talks about the relation between capital and computers.
• Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
  Jun 11, 2024 Lecture Series, Gordon Burtch explains the impact of LLMs on online knowledge communities.
• Wessel Reijers: “Civic Virtue and Digital Technology”
  Jun 4, 2024 Lecture Series, Wessel Reijers will talk about virtue ethics and technology, advocating for a new direction of research into civic virtue.
• WebSci'24: Keynote “Digital Humanism” by Hannes Werthner
  May 22, 2024 Keynote, On May 22, Hannes Werthner held a keynote talk with the title “Digital Humanism” at WebSci'24.
• Theorizing Regulatory Data Infrastructure
  May 14, 2024 Lecture Series, Stefania Milan introduces the concept of regulary data infrastructure and discusses its impact on the balance of power in many aspects.
• Digital Humanism @ UNU Macau AI Conference 2024
  Apr 24, 2024 Conference,
• Marc Rotenberg: “AI Governance: An Abundance of Norms”
  Apr 16, 2024 Lecture Series, Marc Rotenberg will assess AI governance's current state and future challenges, focusing on implementation and harmonization of global norms.
• Virgilio Almeida: “Algorithmic Institutionalism”
  Mar 19, 2024 Lecture Series, Virgilio Almeida introduces a new concept viewing algorithms as emerging institutions in modern societies.
• Digital Humanism: On Digitalization and “Artificial” Intelligence
  Mar 18, 2024 Talk, Hannes Werthner from the Digital Humanism Initiative will give a talk on digitalization, artificial intelligence, and digital humanism.
• AI in the Super Election Year 2024 & The EU Digital Services Act
  Mar 11, 2024 Event, UNESCO Co-Chair Julia Neidhardt participates in two panel discussions in Vienna.
• Rodrigo Ferreira, Dympna O'Sullivan, Viola Schiaffonati, Bobby Schnabel: “Educating future computer professionals to ethical and social impacts of digital technologies”
  Mar 5, 2024 Lecture Series, Panel discussion about the challenges in shaping new approaches and methods for educating computer professionals.
• America's Underground Empire and the Economic Security State
  Feb 27, 2024 Lecture Series, Talk by Henry Farrell about geopolitics, national security, and economics.
• Daron Acemoğlu: “Can we have pro-human AI?”
  Feb 13, 2024 Lecture Series, Daron Acemoğlu discusses how generative AI can be a force for good or evil, depending on the choices we make as a society.
• Update on the EU AI Act
  Jan 31, 2024 Public Statement, Latest news about the EU AI Act.
• Principles of digital humanism: A critical post-humanist view
  Jan 26, 2024 Paper, Reflections on digital humanism by Erich Prem.
• Thomas Lohninger: “Please Identify Yourself! What to expect of Europe's ubiquitous digital identification infrastructure”
  Jan 23, 2024 Lecture Series, Thomas Lohninger will talk about the Digital Identity Systems.
• U.S.–Austria Citizen Dialogue: AI’s Impact on Democracy
  Jan 16, 2024 Public Talk, 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 Chair
  May 15, 2023 UNESCO, UNESCO Awards Chair on Digital Humanism.
• Global Governance of AI – on the Interim Report of the UN AI Advisory Body
  Jan 9, 2024 Lecture Series, Virginia Dignum will talk about the interim report of the UN Advisory Board on AI.
• The EU AI Act: A Success Story
  Dec 19, 2023 Lecture Series, Panel discussion about the state of the AI act with Kai Zenner and George Metakides.
• 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”
  Dec 12, 2023 Lecture Series, Join the panel discussion with experts on AI and geopolitics.
• Perspectives on Digital Humanism
  Nov 23, 2021 Book, Open Access Book with Essays from Computer Science, Law, and Humanities.
• Anu Bradford: “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology”
  Nov 21, 2023 Lecture Series, DIGHUM lecture with Anu Bradford.
• Can Machines Save the World?
  Nov 16, 2023 Conference, The Digital Humanism Fellowship Conference
• Democracy in the Digital Era
  Nov 6, 2023 Lecture, Guest professorship lecture by George Metakides.
• Rainer Mühlhoff: “Predictive Privacy, or the Risk of Secondary Use of Trained ML Models”
  Oct 17, 2023 Lecture Series, Rainer Mühlhoff explains the risks of secondary use of ML models regarding the privacy.
• European University Alliances: A New Space for Digital Humanism?
  Sep 26, 2023 Event, Perspectives of action of European universities for education and research.
• Cybernetic Socialists. Computer and Revolution in Allende's Chile
  Sep 7, 2023 Event, Chile's cybernetic dream of justice in early 70s.
• Digital Humanism Summer School 2023
  Sep 4, 2023 Summer School, Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.
• Digital Humanism Summit
  Jul 3, 2023 Workshop, The Digital Humanism Initiative comes together to identify possible responses to challenges that AI brings.
• Kay Firth-Butterfield: “Why does AI need to be Trustworthy and the axis of power between Big Tech and society”
  Jun 27, 2023 Lecture Series, Kay Firth-Butterfield talks about Responsible Generative AI and impact of AI on the power structures.
• Jason Steinhauer: “History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past”
  Jun 13, 2023 Lecture Series, Jason Steinhauer outlines how the web and social media have changed the way we learn and communicate about history.
• Alexander Pretschner: “Software Can Do Wrong: On Ethics in Agile Software Engineering”
  May 16, 2023 Lecture Series, Alexander Pretschner talks about ethics in agile software engineering.
• Inauguration of the UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism
  May 15, 2023 Event, TU Wien Informatics launches the first UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism to address the ethical, societal, and political challenges of digital technology.
• Helga Nowotny and George Metakides: “Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on ChatGPT and a possible new online world”
  Mar 28, 2023 Lecture Series, Following the recent occurrence of ChatGPT, Helga Nowotny and George Metakides will outline a possible new online world.