For starters I’d suggest connecting with Callum Denyer (who’s just joined too), Debra Peter, Jesko Bartelt, Ottokar Rosenberger, Lara Martini, Nigel Clarke, Mederic, Daniel Gonzalvez, Saurabh Narang, Richard Saldanha, Amanda Green … the list goes on but hopefully you’ll find some great connections in this group. I’d also recommend playing with our search function (top left in the menu) which is keyword enabled.

Hi Callum – thanks so much for introducing yourself and WHYNESS. It would be great for you to connect with the likes of Ryan McGee, Emily Banks, Iain Hunter, Alex Feyler, Richard Saldanha, Raghav Viswakumar, Francis Eccott, Kim Katz, Lara Hayward, Emily Carter, Felix Bensberg, Kate Moerel – to get you started here.

I think that this is more plain and says exactly the same; what do you think Richard Saldanha ? Better?

Abstract:

Biases and Privacy concerns as well as unexplainability have dominated the AI ethics discourse. Concerns for them are necessary but insufficient. I arrive at the ethical necessity of participatory approaches to AI from Amartya Sen’s theory of Justice. This theory puts human empowerment at the center. Participatory approaches are related to both gamification and collective intelligence and they are just now starting to prove themselves in practical applications. A serious ethical framework can in no way be reduced to avoiding harm from the particular afflictions of biases and privacy questions. As soon as humans are affected in any way, it requires a positive ethical view of what AI should be built and what purposes it should serve. It also has to address the question of power. Whose objectives are maximized? On hand of an illustrative story, adopted from Amarty…

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Thanks for sharing Johannes, tagging some experts who might be able to offer some feedback – Richard Saldanha, Roland Szabo, Sabina Firtala, Andrea Isoni, DigiZhets, Tarun Rishi, Mike Smales, Chris Bracegirdle