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Sep
22
Lecture

Vinton Cerf

Distance : -
09/22/2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM in Heidelberg (Germany)

How do we guarantee digital integrity in the future? What steps do we need to take to preserve the utility, but also the integrity, of the Internet on a multilateral level and with respect to a wide range of stakeholders? And at the same time, how can we enhance the security of users and institutions that rely on the Internet?In this talk, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, one of the “fathers of the ...

DAI Heidelberg
Jul
19
Conversation

Preparing for a Fascist America

Distance : 370 miles
07/19/2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Vienna (Austria)

The ongoing coup against American democracy raises serious concerns for democracy worldwide. In this talk, Stanley argues that the history of the United States, as well as its present situation, justifies these concerns. More specifically, Stanley argues that the anti-democratic form that is emerging in the United States is a kind of racial fascism. Europe should prepare for the possibility of a ...

The Institute for Human Sciences
Jun
10
Lecture

Courage: A Conceptual History

Distance : 370 miles
06/10/2022 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM in Vienna (Austria)

Courage has always been a central virtue in the Western ethical tradition, but its meaning has changed considerably over time. In antiquity, courage signified fearlessness in the face of bodily injury and death, whether passively endured (like Socrates and Christ) or actively risked (like Achilles and Alexander the Great).Today, however, such "physical courage", as it is called, tends to be ...

The Institute for Human Sciences
Dec
4
Debate

Kant's Tribunal of Reason. Legal Metaphor and Normativity in the Critique of Pure Reason

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12/04/2021 4:00 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, his main work of theoretical philosophy, frequently uses metaphors from the law. In this first book-length study in English of Kant's legal metaphors and their role in the first Critique, Sofie Møller shows that they are central to Kant's account of reason. Through an analysis of the legal metaphors in their entirety, she demonstrates that Kant conceives of reason ...

Normative Orders
Nov
16
Lecture

The 2021 Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press: Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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11/16/2021 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM in Cambridge (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika)

On Tuesday, November 16th at 6:00 pm ET in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, this year’s Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press will be delivered by Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, co-founder and CEO of Rappler.com, Fall 2021 Shorenstein Center Fellow, and Center for Public Leadership Hauser Leader. Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Director Nancy ...

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Nov
11
Panel discussion

AI and Content Moderation

Distance : -
11/11/2021 6:30 PM in Berlin (Deutschland)

Public pressure on platform companies to more soundly monitor the content on their sites is constantly increasing. To address this, platforms are turning to algorithmic content moderation systems. These systems prioritize content that promises to increase engagement and block content that is deemed illegal or is infringing the platform's own policies and guidelines. But content moderation is a ...

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Oct
23
Lecture

Jan-Werner Müller: The critical infrastructure of democracy

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10/23/2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Berlin (Germany)

Ever since the nineteenth century, political parties and professional media were widely deemed indispensable for the proper functioning of representative democracy. They constituted what one might call the critical infrastructure of democracy, an infrastructure that enabled citizens to use their basic rights effectively and also to reach each other (and be reached). Both intermediary institutions ...

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Jun
23
Panel discussion

The Freedom to Deviate in the Algorithmic Society?

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06/23/2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

Lucia Zedner (Oxford, All Souls College, Professor of Criminal Justice)Bernard Harcourt (Columbia Law School, Professor of Law and of Political Science)Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School, Professor of Law)Christoph Burchard (Goethe University, Professor of Criminal Justice etc.)Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann (Goethe University, Professor of Public Law etc.)Jürgen Kaube (Co-Editor at Large, ...

Normative Orders
Jun
22
Lecture

In AI We Trust. Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms

Distance : 370 miles
06/22/2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM in Wien (Österreich)

The inaugural Yehuda Elkana Fellow, Helga Nowotny, gave a lecture at the Central European University, in cooperation with the IWM and the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College. The lecture was preceded by a ceremony to commemorate Yehuda Elkana.As we move into a world in which algorithms, robots, and avatars play an ever-increasing role, we need to better understand ...

The Institute for Human Sciences
Jun
2
Lecture

Chances and limits of artificial intelligence

Distance : -
06/02/2021 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM in Wien (Österreich)

When the computer decides about our insurance coverageArtificial intelligence is being increasingly leveraged across industries to offer superior products and services and optimize business processes. The proliferation of AI, however, raises a number of ethical questions on data privacy, fairness, bias, and accountability. In the future, will AI decide who is insured and who is not? Who will get ...

Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien
May
27
Lecture

Informing Ourselves to Death: Conspiracy and Fantasy in Postmodern Russia

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05/27/2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM in Berlin (Deutschland)

In the USSR, information was a scarce resource shared only sparingly with the population at large; now Russians are awash in a flood of information. Yet each scenario proved conducive to unfettered suspicion and widespread conspiracy theorizing. Now the Russian media encourage viewers to believe they are surrounded by enemies who want to brainwash them with propaganda. Post-Soviet conspiracy ...

Mosse Lectures
May
5
Lecture

“News you don’t believe”: User perspectives on f*ke news and misinformation

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05/05/2021 bis 05/21/2021 in Cambridge (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika)

Users’ perspectives on what f*ke news and misinformation is and isn’t, who drives it, and where people say they see it are important for understanding the scale and scope of public concern, and how this corresponds with research insights and aligns with proposed responses to these problems, as well as for the credibility and even effect of responses. In this presentation, Professor Rasmus ...

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
May
5
Debate

From Eugenics to Big Data

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05/05/2021 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

A Genealogy of Criminal Risk Assessment in American Law and PolicyJonathan Simon (UC Berkeley, Professor of Criminal Justice Law)Algorithms – and the actors behind them – are surveying and impacting ever more dimensions of our modern lives. They recommend which movies to watch; they calculate risk-appropriate credit scores; and they play a role in meting out “just” punishment; to only name ...

Normative Orders
May
5
Campaign

From Eugenics to Big Data

Distance : -
05/05/2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

A Genealogy of Criminal Risk Assessment in American Law and PolicyProf. Jonathan Simon (Professor of Criminal Justice Law, UC Berkeley)Convenors: Prof. Christoph Burchard (Goethe University, Professor of Criminal Justice, PI of ConTrust and "Normative Orders") and Prof. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann (Goethe University, Professor of Public Law, PI of ConTrust)Presented by:Forschungsverbund ...

Normative Orders
Apr
22
Panel discussion

Never apologise, never explain: (How) can AI rebuild trust after conflicts?

Distance : -
04/22/2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

Algorithms – and the actors behind them – are surveying and impacting ever more dimensions of our modern lives. They recommend which movies to watch; they calculate risk appropriate credit scores; and they play a role in meting out “just” punishment; to only name a few areas. At the same time, they correct imperfect human decisions and add new informational dimensions to decisions ...

Normative Orders
Apr
22
Debate

Never apologise, never explain: (How) can AI rebuild trust after conflicts?

Distance : -
04/22/2021 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

Never apologise, never explain: (How) can AI rebuild trust after conflicts?Burkhart Schäfer (University of Edinburgh, Professor of Computational Legal Theory)Opening Remarks by Prof. Enrico Schleiff (President of Goethe University)Opening Remarks by Prof. Rainer Forst (Speaker of ConTrust and Normative Orders)Welcoming Remarks & Comment Prof. Klaus Günther (Dean of the Faculty of Law Goethe ...

Normative Orders
Mar
17
Debate

"I have nothing against foreigners, but ..."

Distance : -
03/17/2021 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM in Wien (Österreich)

Internationality has many faces and is widely accepted as a success factor in a globalized world. And yet having an immigrant background is seen as a disadvantage. What does internationality mean for us personally, and for our everyday life at an international university? How do we deal with things that feel “foreign” and define our own concept of what’s “normal”? We’ll be talking ...

Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien
Jan
29
Conference

AI Regulation in Europe & Fundamental Rights

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01/29/2021 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM in Brüssel (Belgien)

If we are building AI for the future we envision, AI applications must serve humanity and respect fundamental rights. Intergovernmental institutions and supranational entities which have published their AI principles in the last couple of years are now facing the challenge of how to regulate the use and effects of AI applications. The biggest risks and impact on rights are considered to be in ...

Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
Jan
22
Web-Event

Disasters and Social Reproduction - Crisis Response between the State and Community

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01/22/2021 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM in Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)

Booklaunch within the Postdoctoral Dialogue Series "Norms, Plurality and Critique"With Dr. Peer Illner (Normative Orders, Goethe University) and Prof. Darrel Moellendorf (Normative Orders, Goethe University)Welcome Address by: Prof. Rainer Forst (Normative Orders, Goethe University)Organized by: Dr. Peer Illner (Author)Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state. ...

Normative Orders
Jan
21
Conversation

Just One More Thing

Distance : 263 miles
01/21/2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM in (Germany)

A. L. Kennedy is a Scottish author of numerous novels, essays, and newspaper columns, with occasional appearances as a stand-up comedian; most of her novels have been translated into German, most recently: "Das Blaue Buch" [2014]", "Gleißendes Glück" [2016], "Leises Schlängeln" [2016], "Süßer Ernst" [2018], in 2020 her short story collection "We are Attempting to Survive Our Time" was ...

Mosse Lectures