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Call for Papers

Interdisciplinary Conference organized by the Ad hoc-project Discourses of disruptive digital technologies using the example of AI text generators (KI:Text)
25 – 26 August 2023, Technische Universität Darmstadt

The statement that AI can generate texts tells us something about the understanding of texts. But what does it mean for the understanding of texts if one attributes the generation of texts to an AI? What is the difference between man-made and computer-generated texts and which claims to validity can be raised or disputed in each case? What do the individual sciences expect, fear and hope for when texts are received in their discourses that were created with AI-supported tools? And what consequences does this have for the criteria of scientific validity and authorship?

These and similar questions illustrate not only the great disruptive potential of digital technologies, but also the enormous challenge that the use of AI text generators such as ChatGPT, Mindverse or Jasper poses for future work with and on texts in general. The questions addressed in this context in different disciplines are correspondingly diverse and their discourses will be made the subject of this interdisciplinary conference.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2023

Abstracts and papers may be submitted in German or in English.

For details and modalities see Call for Papers»

Call for Papers

Conference

Friday, 16 June 2023, 9:00 – 15:45 CEST
Congresszentrum Vila Vita Marburg

The conference hosted by the project group Tokenized Finance (ToFi) will deal with the current BMF/BMJ draft bill for a “Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz”.

The conference will be held in German.

Registration open until 1 June via https://pretix.eu/irdi-zevedi/ZuFinG/

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Workshop

19 April 2023, 10:00 – 12:0 CEST
Online via Zoom

Internal workshop hosted by the project group Tokenized Finance (ToFi).

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Interdisciplinary Workshop

4 May 2023, 10:00 – 16:00 CEST
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

The workshop “Zugänge zu den Zugängen: Perspektiven und Gestaltungsoptionen” hosted by the project group Data Access Rules is dedicated to the question of how rules are to be designed in order to use data as effectively as possible and in a way that is compatible with the common good. For example, does the conventional, subjective legal definition of access modalities still meet current challenges or does it need to be reformulated? How should traditional allocation and access guidelines be revised, especially with regard to health and research data?

Against this background, the workshop will bring together experts from different disciplines to structure the debate along the guiding concepts of data situativity, data subjectivity, data sovereignty and data solidarity and to identify concrete design options.

Thursday, 4 May 2023, 10:00 – 16:00 CEST

Registration open until 2 May (see programme).

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The workshop will be held in German.

Interdisciplinary Lecture Series

Continuously, beginning on Monday, 24 April 2023, 16:00 (CEST)

Online via Zoom (Zoom links see programme)

Algorithmic decision-making (or “ADM”) already has a significant impact on how our modern workplace is organised, whether it be through the selection of new hires, managing employees in their daily business, or assisting human decision-makers in the context of complex problems.

Against this background, the project group Responsible Algorithmic Decision Making in the Workplace continues its series of lectures that will look at these developments from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Among other things, the following questions will be addressed: How should work contexts shaped by ADM be designed to promote responsible treatment of workers? What technical, organisational and regulatory framework conditions should be established in such contexts?

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Interdisciplinary Conference

15 May 2023, 9:30 – 17:40 CEST
Hessische Landesvertretung, Berlin & Livestream via Zoom

The conference “Elektronische Aktien” hosted by the project group Tokenized Finance (ToFi) will deal with the current BMF/BMJ draft bill for the introduction of electronic shares. After a welcoming address by the Hessian Minister for Digital Strategy and Innovation, Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus, there will follow, among other things, a legislative introduction by speakers from the BMF and the BMJ as well as perspectives on company, capital markets and securities law, including MiCAR and MiFID2.

Monday, 15 May 2023, 9:30 – 17:40 CEST

The conference will be held in German.

Registration open until 5 May (in person) resp. 12 May (Zoom) via https://pretix.eu/irdi-zevedi/e-aktie/.

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Interdisciplinary Workshop

27 March 2023, 11:00 – 17:30 CET
online

This inaugural workshop of ZEVEDI project group Responsible algorithmic decision-making in the workplace (RADM) will shed light on issues around the responsible development and use of AI-based systems in the work context. A key question will be how AI-based decision-making disadvantages the workforce, for example, in the form of unequal treatment, loss of autonomy, or exclusion, as well as how appropriate mechanisms can prevent this. For these and other questions, perspectives from science and research meet with perspectives from politics and practice.

Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:00 – 17:30 CET

The workshop will take place online via zoom. Information on participation can be found in the programme.

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The workshop will be held in German.

Workshop

Thursday, 9 February 2023, 14:00 – 18:00 (CET)
Technische Universität Darmstadt

Internal workshop hosted by the project group Digitisation of Corporate Communications (DigUKom)

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Workshop

Thursday, 26 January 2023, 11:00 – 13:00 (CET)
Online

Internal workshop hosted by the project group Digitisation of Corporate Communications (DigUKom)

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Interdisciplinary Workshop

Thursday, 2 March 2023, 12:00 – 16:00 (CET)
Representation of the State of Hesse to the EU, Brussels

The workshop “AI Act im Datenraum” hosted by the project group Regulatory theories of Artificial Intelligence is dedicated to the interplay of the AI Act of the EU with the provisions of data economy law, namely with regard to corporate or financial data. In the first part, speakers will provide an insight into the current status of legislative considerations. In the second part, the AI Act will be analysed and discussed in its application dimension with a view to data resources.

The conference will be held in German.

Registration open until 24 Februay 2023 (see programme).

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