Gernot Rieder
@aktant.bsky.social
Research Associate @ University of Bergen
Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities
Digital STS & Ethics
Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities
Digital STS & Ethics
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New paper is out! After Harm: A Plea for Moral Repair after Algorithms Have Failed.
@aktant.bsky.social & I show that post-harm scenarios have not received enough attention and argue why attending to them is essential for a satisfactory account of AI ethics and governance.
doi.org/10.1007/s119...
@aktant.bsky.social & I show that post-harm scenarios have not received enough attention and argue why attending to them is essential for a satisfactory account of AI ethics and governance.
doi.org/10.1007/s119...
After Harm: A Plea for Moral Repair after Algorithms Have Failed - Science and Engineering Ethics
In response to growing concerns over the societal impacts of AI and algorithmic decision-making, current scholarly and legal efforts have mainly focused on identifying risks and implementing safeguard...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New paper is out! After Harm: A Plea for Moral Repair after Algorithms Have Failed.
@aktant.bsky.social & I show that post-harm scenarios have not received enough attention and argue why attending to them is essential for a satisfactory account of AI ethics and governance.
doi.org/10.1007/s119...
@aktant.bsky.social & I show that post-harm scenarios have not received enough attention and argue why attending to them is essential for a satisfactory account of AI ethics and governance.
doi.org/10.1007/s119...
#CfP: Topical Collection "Reassembling Politics through Sensory Power?" in Digital Society, co-edited by @nicbaya.bsky.social, Kjetil Rommetveit, Céline Cholez & me.
Abstract deadline: Oct. 1, 2025
Submission deadline: Dec. 31, 2025
More: link.springer.com/collections/...
#STS #philtech
Abstract deadline: Oct. 1, 2025
Submission deadline: Dec. 31, 2025
More: link.springer.com/collections/...
#STS #philtech
Reassembling Politics through Sensory Power? Digital Contact Tracing and the Infrastructuring of Governance
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, governments worldwide swiftly mobilized digital capabilities and infrastructures to combat the spread of the virus (see ...
link.springer.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#CfP: Topical Collection "Reassembling Politics through Sensory Power?" in Digital Society, co-edited by @nicbaya.bsky.social, Kjetil Rommetveit, Céline Cholez & me.
Abstract deadline: Oct. 1, 2025
Submission deadline: Dec. 31, 2025
More: link.springer.com/collections/...
#STS #philtech
Abstract deadline: Oct. 1, 2025
Submission deadline: Dec. 31, 2025
More: link.springer.com/collections/...
#STS #philtech
Reposted by Gernot Rieder
Reposted by Gernot Rieder
Hard copies of Critical Data Studies book have finally arrived. The post schedule for parcels travelling from England to Ireland seems to have reverted to that of the medieval period. Great to have the book in hand: always feels like a different experience reading the printed book to the pdf copy.
January 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hard copies of Critical Data Studies book have finally arrived. The post schedule for parcels travelling from England to Ireland seems to have reverted to that of the medieval period. Great to have the book in hand: always feels like a different experience reading the printed book to the pdf copy.
Reposted by Gernot Rieder
"The AI risk repository, which includes over 700 AI risks grouped by causal factors (e.g. intentionality), and domains (e.g. discrimination), was born out of a desire to understand the overlaps and disconnects in AI safety research"
#AIEthics
techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/m...
#AIEthics
techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/m...
MIT researchers release a repository of AI risks | TechCrunch
A group of researchers at MIT and elsewhere have compiled what they claim is the most thorough databases of possible risks around AI use.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"The AI risk repository, which includes over 700 AI risks grouped by causal factors (e.g. intentionality), and domains (e.g. discrimination), was born out of a desire to understand the overlaps and disconnects in AI safety research"
#AIEthics
techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/m...
#AIEthics
techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/m...
Reposted by Gernot Rieder
Article by M. Ruckenstein about the necessity & practice of engaging collaboratively w. technology & data in ways that create space for critical inquiry, anticipation & revision. Our Data Ethics Decision Aid is featured as an exemplary practice
doi-org.utrechtuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/2976...
doi-org.utrechtuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/2976...
January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Article by M. Ruckenstein about the necessity & practice of engaging collaboratively w. technology & data in ways that create space for critical inquiry, anticipation & revision. Our Data Ethics Decision Aid is featured as an exemplary practice
doi-org.utrechtuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/2976...
doi-org.utrechtuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/2976...
Reposted by Gernot Rieder
I'll do a workshop next week in Vienna on "everything artists and cultural practitioners need to know about this strange thing called AI", titled "debunking the tech-bro AI cult". Lecture+discussion.
Fr 17.1.2025, 14:00-16:00, brut Wien, please spread & register here:
brut-wien.at/en/Programme...
Fr 17.1.2025, 14:00-16:00, brut Wien, please spread & register here:
brut-wien.at/en/Programme...
January 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'll do a workshop next week in Vienna on "everything artists and cultural practitioners need to know about this strange thing called AI", titled "debunking the tech-bro AI cult". Lecture+discussion.
Fr 17.1.2025, 14:00-16:00, brut Wien, please spread & register here:
brut-wien.at/en/Programme...
Fr 17.1.2025, 14:00-16:00, brut Wien, please spread & register here:
brut-wien.at/en/Programme...
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to all search engine researchers out there!!
Happy 2025! This year brings a new conference series: SEASON 2025, the Inaugural Conference of the Search Engines and Society Network.
See the Call for Contributions at
lnkd.in/eU-6cZUw
@juttahaider.bsky.social @astridmager.bsky.social @schultheiss.bsky.social @olofsundin.bsky.social
See the Call for Contributions at
lnkd.in/eU-6cZUw
@juttahaider.bsky.social @astridmager.bsky.social @schultheiss.bsky.social @olofsundin.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
to all search engine researchers out there!!
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Still a few more days to submit an abstract for this workshop
In case you've missed it elsewhere, please consider submitting an abstract for the workshop 'Hostility by Design' to be held in Maastricht on 12-13 June 2025. Abstracts are due on 8 January 2025. #STS #design More details here: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/call-co...
Call for contributions to workshop and book 'Hostility by Design'
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Still a few more days to submit an abstract for this workshop
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'Neither fair nor legal. How and why untrustworthy digital ecosystems evolve' by Catherine Thompson, Daniel Samson and Sherah Kurnia in Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. About Robodebt social welfare scandal aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/vol36/i...
Neither fair nor legal. How and why untrustworthy digital ecosystems evolve
Untrustworthy technologies create systemic harms for their users, often by design, and at the societal level. However, the nature of these technologies and the reasons why they evolve have not yet bee...
aisel.aisnet.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
'Neither fair nor legal. How and why untrustworthy digital ecosystems evolve' by Catherine Thompson, Daniel Samson and Sherah Kurnia in Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. About Robodebt social welfare scandal aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/vol36/i...