1st Bayreuth Workshop on AI Governance
June 17th - 18th 2024
Societies and law-makers around the world are grappling intensely with the question of how to ensure fast innovation in AI serves the common good. Join us and five experts in law, public policy, ethics and political philosophy to explore pressing questions for the governance of AI, like:
- How can regulation be made to quickly adapt to fast changing and fundamentally new technology?
- How should we structure interactions between humans and machines?
- How do we justly distribute the gains from AI and protect citizens from its worst consequences?
- How can we do all that under conditions of deep uncertainty?
Invited Speakers:
Thomas Ferretti (University of Greenwich)
Deirdre Ahern (Trinity College Dublin)
Sven Nyholm (LMU Munich)
Claire Benn (Cambridge)
Florian Ostmann (Alan Turing Institute)
Format:
This workshop is a scientific event that will also include some social events. Prospective students of both the new Master’s programme “Philosophy & Computer Science” and the “Philosophy & Economics” programmes are welcome to join us to get to know teachers, city, and campus.
For students already studying in Bayreuth, lectures will be embedded in two courses that can be taken for credit: “The Philosophy and Economics of Governing AI” (Prof. Thoma) and “AI Governance: Fairness, Transparency & Trustworthiness” (Prof. Kästner). For details please refer to CampusOnline.
Program (Flyer):
Monday, June 17th (Room S58, RW I)
11:00 - 12:00 Campus Tour
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Welcome
13:30 - 14:30 Talk: Thomas Ferretti – "Just Background Institutions Must Tackle AI Risks, Value Alignment Is Not Enough"
14:30 - 14:45 Coffee
14:45 - 15:45 Talk: Deirdre Ahern – "Regulatory Sandboxes for AI Governance under the AI Act: Perspectives for Innovators, Regulators and Society"
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 Talk: Sven Nyholm – "Generative AI and Authorship: Asymmetries between Credit and Blame for AI-Related Outputs"
Transfer to City
17:30 - 18:30 City Tour
19:00 Dinner
Tuesday, June 18th (Room S59, RW I)
09:00 - 11:00 Interactive Sessions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:30 Talk: Claire Benn – "Ethics Must Be Seen to Be Done"
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & Networking
14:00 - 15:00 Talk: Florian Ostmann – "Regulatory Approaches to AI and the Role of Standards From an International Perspective: Comparative Insights and Normative Considerations"
15:00 - 15:15 Roundtable Discussion
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 16:30 Meet the Profs (for prospective students)