12.03.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Will AI Make Our Lives Better – Or Just More Convenient, Prof. Sven Nyholm?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep MCML PI Sven Nyholm explains the improvements and convenience with AI solutions.
Who bears responsibility or credit when decisions or outcomes originate from AI systems? The rapid development of AI raises fundamental philosophical questions about what constitutes humanity when machines take over abilities such as thinking, writing, or decision-making.
Philosopher Sven Nyholm explains that classical ethical theories from thinkers like Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and Jeremy Bentham are insufficient to evaluate modern AI phenomena such as autonomous systems or digital twins.
In this interview, he discusses risks and emerging questions surrounding responsibility, social interactions between AI agents, and the potential loss of human capabilities through increasing automation.
The interview also touches on topics such as AI regulation in Europe, Anthropic's unusual recruitment practices, and the concern that while AI might make life more convenient, it could also make it more susceptible to human laziness.
Just listen in (podcast in German).
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Digdeep Podcast: OpenClaw, Claude Code & Co. – What Can These New AI Sprites Do for Us, Ralf Klüber?
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MCML at EACL 2026
MCML researchers are represented with 13 papers at EACL 2026 (9 Main, and 4 Findings).
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Frauke Kreuter becomes AAAS Fellow
MCML PI Frauke Kreuter has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
