(Dutch) Podcast SURF Sounds: Responsible AI in onderwijs en onderzoek

ArtificiaI intelligence biedt prachtige kansen voor onderwijs en onderzoek, maar er zijn ook risico’s. Denk aan discriminatie en mogelijk verlies van controle als AI slimmer wordt dan wijzelf. Een gesprek voor de Podcast SURF Sounds, samen met Duuk Baten, adviseur responsible AI bij SURF. Luister de podcast hier: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3EofvGdhOeNrnyBd1iPUpc?si=4RCPtp9US5qnBQ-0ZktgHA

Conference ‘Phenomenology of human-technology relation: A new perspective on technological design’

July 6 & 7 2023, the Institute of Philosophy at Bremen University organizes the a conference on ‘Phenomenology of human-technology relation: A new perspective on technological design’. I will speak about ethically disruptive technologies and the possibilities of responsible design. More information: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/humans-on-mars-initiative/news-and-activities/news-and-activities-detail/workshop-8-1

(Dutch) Afscheidsconferentie Jos de Mul: De plaats van de mens in het Antropoceen

Op 30 en 31 mei neemt Jos de Mul afscheid van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, met de conferentie ‘De plaats van de mens in het Antropoceen. Menselijke condities: natuur, cultuur, technologie’. Mijn bijdrage ‘Geaard in technologie’ zal gaan over technologie en de aarde als menselijke conditie. Meer informatie: https://www.eur.nl/esphil/evenementen/afscheidsconferentie-en-afscheidsrede-em-prof-dr-jos-de-mul-2023-05-30

Philosophy of urban technologies: PhD defense Sage Cammers-Goodwin

May 8 2023, Sage Cammers-Goodwin defended her PhD thesis ‘Bridging the Gaps between Humans and their Infrastructure’ at the University of Twente. Supervisors were Michael Nagenborg (UT), Ciano Aydin (UT) and myself. The dissertation serves to bridge the gaps between people and their public digitalized infrastructure. Its goal is to examine how digitalized infrastructure might … Continue reading Philosophy of urban technologies: PhD defense Sage Cammers-Goodwin

Responsible Robotisation in the Cleaning Industry: EngD defence Thomas Raub

April 17 2023, Thomas Raub defended his Engineering Doctorate thesis ‘Colleagues, not Competitors: Development of a Value-based Design Toolbox for Responsible Cleaning Robotisation’. Supervisors were Tomas van Rompay (UT), Mascha van der Voort (UT) and myself. More information: https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/events/2023/4/623082/engd-defence-i-thomas-raub-i-colleagues-not-competitors

Workshop “Mensch-Technik-Verhältnisse neu denken” / “Rethinking Human-Technology Relations”

March 29-31, the FernUniversität Hagen organizes a workshop on the philosophy of human-technology relations. My contribution will be about the new concepts we need in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of technology to understand the relations between humans and digital technologies. More information: https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/universitaet/veranstaltungen/20230329-workshop-mensch-technik.shtml