Host: Renata Schmidtkunz (DE)
Speakers: Josef Penninger (AT), Sophie Wennerscheid (DE)
For many centuries science in Europe was conceivable only in the service of religion and in accordance with the doctrine of the Church. In the industrial age, technology and science were entirely subordinated to the rational of economy. With the introduction of ML and AI, ethical and moral aspects suddenly reappeared. How can/shall AI research and development deal with this?
Following the panel Yishu Jiang (AT) will perform Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites for unaccompanied cello.
Biographie:
Josef Penninger (AT)
Josef Penninger, MD was formerly a lead researcher at the Amgen Research Institute in Toronto. Since 2002 Josef Penninger was the founding and scientific director of the newly established Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria. In 2018 he accepted the appointment as Director of the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. Major achievements include pioneering insights into the molecular basis of osteoporosis and breast cancer, as well as the study of metastatic spread. Josef Penninger’s major awards include the Descartes Prize, the Wittgenstein Prize of the Austrian Federal Government, the Ernst Jung Prize for medical excellence, an AAAS Award, the Innovator Award from Era of Hope/U.S. Department of Defense and a second ERC Advanced grant.
Sophie Wennerscheid (DE)Â
Sophie Wennerscheid is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include studies on sexuality and technology, science fiction film and literature, and studies on gender, emotion and place. Her latest book publication is Sex machina. Zur Zukunft des Begehrens (Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2019), in which she explores the impact of technological developments on practices of love and sexuality.
https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/sex-machina.html
