Conference
The Ethics of Generative AI & Conversational Agents
LMU’s AI Ethics Research Group, in Cooperation With the MCML, Invites for a Two-Day Conference
12.09.2024 - 13.09.2024
LMU Munich, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard Wagner-Str. 10, Room 105
This conference explores ethical issues posed by generative artificial intelligence and conversational agents. It brings together academic researchers and AI ethics practitioners to examine the ethics of generative AI in general, as well as studying the specific challenges this new technology poses in industrial settings.
The conference explores ethical issues posed by generative artificial intelligence and conversational agents. It brings together academic researchers and AI ethics practitioners to examine the ethics of generative AI in general, as well as studying the specific challenges this new technology poses in industrial settings.
Agenda
Day 1 - Thursday 12 September
9:30 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 10:15 am
10:15 am – 11:15 am
What is embedded ethics?
Alena Buyx, TUM / MCML
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Exploring the role of value-sensitive designs for large-language model-based voice assistants targeting people with dementia
Rasita Vinay, UZH
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Personal avatars and the problem of uniqueness
Paula Sweeney, Aberdeen
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
The knowledge-behavior disconnect in LLM-based chatbots
Jan Broersen, Utrecht
5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Generative AI and manipulation: a research agenda
Michael Klenk, Delft
7:00 pm
Day 2 – Friday 13 September
10:00 am – 10:15 am
10:15 am – 11:45 am
AI Safety: a climb to armageddon?
Herman Cappelen, Hong Kong
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
The right to reality
Anuj Puri, Tilburg
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Ethics of GenAI used in business software
Bettina Laugwitz, SAP
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
The ethics of advanced AI assistants
Geoff Keeling, Google
5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
The role of Conversational AI in mental healthcare: the importance of conceptualization, epistemology and ethics
Jana Sedlakova, UZH
Organized by:
Sven Nyholm, Benjamin Lange, Lara Maszynski
MCML/LMU
Carina Geldhauser
ETHZ
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