Author: Peter-Paul Verbeek

Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is full professor of Philosophy of Technology and co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is also honorary professor of Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Verbeek's research focuses on the philosophy of human-technology relations, and aims to contribute to philosophical theory, ethical reflection, and practices of design and innovation. His publications include Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design (Penn State University Press, 2005).

Panel on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, SG Innovate event Singapore & The Netherlands

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

AI and Ethics: The Key to a Successful Human-AI Relation Presented by SGInnovate, Netherlands Innovation Network, Netherlands AI Coalition and NTU Institute for Science and Technology for HumanityIn support of Deep Tech for Good Citizens, the government and industry are on a daily basis assisted by artificial intelligence. With the accelerated adoption and continuous development, … Continue reading Panel on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, SG Innovate event Singapore & The Netherlands

Lecture at Asser Institute, Amsterdam: Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Disruption

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Monday 12 April 2021: DILEMA lecture on ‘Artificial intelligence and ethical disruption’. Artificial Intelligence is an ethically disruptive technology: it challenges the very ethical concepts and frameworks with which it can be evaluated. AI systems bring radically new human-technology relations: rather than merely being ‘used’, they develop forms of ‘agency’, performing cognitive and physical tasks, … Continue reading Lecture at Asser Institute, Amsterdam: Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Disruption

Membership of GPAI working group on Responsible Artificial Intelligence

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

I have just joined the Working Group on Responsible Artificial Intelligence of the Global Partnership on AI, via the Netherlands AI Coalition (NL AIC) is pleased to note that the Netherlands is represented in the international community of experts in the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). GPAI has set up four working groups focusing on … Continue reading Membership of GPAI working group on Responsible Artificial Intelligence

UNESCO Roundtable, March 26 2021: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

How can cultural diversity and the multiplicity of ethical frameworks shape the future of AI? How do the different values embraced in each culture, such as specific views and relationships with nature and with technology could contribute to the shaping of tomorrow’s AI? What are the challenges to be overcome when establishing a global ethical … Continue reading UNESCO Roundtable, March 26 2021: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Lecture ‘Inclusive Ethics for Cyborgs’. IMPAKT event: CYBORG FUTURES, March 25 2021

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

What does the notion of ‘cyborg’ still mean in our hyper-digitalized world? On 25 March, I will speak about the history and changing relationship between humans and technology in an online event of the Cyborg Futures series. The presentation will be followed by a live Q&A. The programme is part of the IMPAKT web-project: Cyborg Futures: … Continue reading Lecture ‘Inclusive Ethics for Cyborgs’. IMPAKT event: CYBORG FUTURES, March 25 2021

Keynote ‘Disruptive Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Risk’ (SRA-A conference 2021)

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

The Society for Risk Analysis-Europe (SRA-E) will have its Benelux Conference 2021 on 16nMarch 2021, focusing on the Risk-Technology Nexus, and particularly the trade-offs of potentially disruptive technologies. The event is co-organized with the TU/e Center for Humans and Technology. In my opening keynote I address the ways in which emerging technologies disrupt ethical concepts and frameworks, … Continue reading Keynote ‘Disruptive Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Risk’ (SRA-A conference 2021)

Keynote at South African Conference for AI Research: ‘Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Disruption’

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

SACAIR 2020 is the second international conference focussed on Artificial Intelligence hosted by the Centre for AI Research (CAIR), a South African distributed research network that was established in 2011 with the aim of building world class Artificial Intelligence research capacity in South Africa. The theme for this year’s event is ‘AI transforming Humanity’ and will … Continue reading Keynote at South African Conference for AI Research: ‘Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Disruption’

UNESCO statement on the Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccines

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) have called for a change of course in current COVID-19 vaccination strategies, urging that vaccines be treated as a global public good to ensure they are made equitably available in all countries, and not only to those who bid the highest … Continue reading UNESCO statement on the Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccines

Keynote: “On Intertechnicality: Postphenomenology, New Materialism, and Digital Materiality”

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

March 3, 2021: keynote lecture at Conference ‘Digital Cultures’, FernUniversität in Hagen (Moderation: Selin Gerlek, Hagen/Munich). How to conceptualize the new materiality that digital technologies bring about? Now that information technologies are merging with our physical environment, human-machine interactions can no longer be understood as “use,” but rather as immersion, telepresence, fusion, augmentation, or robotization. … Continue reading Keynote: “On Intertechnicality: Postphenomenology, New Materialism, and Digital Materiality”