Research Group Sven Nyholm
Sven Nyholm
Prof. Dr.
Principal Investigator
Sven Nyholm
is Professor of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at LMU Munich.
His research and teaching encompass applied ethics (particularly, but not exclusively, ethics of artificial intelligence), practical philosophy, and philosophy of technology. Currently, he is working on his fourth book, which will be about the ethics of artificial intelligence. His previous books were concerned with Kantian ethics, the ethics of human-robot interactions and the ethics of technology.
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Publications @MCML
2025
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S. Campell • P. Liu • S. Nyholm
Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?
Journal of the American Philosophical Association 11.2. Jun. 2025. DOI
Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?
Journal of the American Philosophical Association 11.2. Jun. 2025. DOI
[6]
B. D. Earp • S. P. Mann • M. Aboy • E. Awad • M. Betzler • M. Botes • R. Calcott • M. Caraccio • N. Chater • M. Coeckelbergh • M. Constantinescu • H. Dabbagh • K. Devlin • X. Ding • V. Dranseika • J. A. C. Everett • R. Fan • F. Feroz • K. B. Francis • C. Friedman • O. Friedrich • I. Gabriel • I. Hannikainen • J. Hellmann • A. K. Jahrome • N. S. Janardhanan • P. Jurcys • A. Kappes • M. A. Khan • G. Kraft-Todd • M. Kroner Dale • S. M. Laham • B. Lange • M. Leuenberger • J. Lewis • P. Liu • D. M. Lyreskog • M. Maas • J. McMillan • E. Mihailov • T. Minssen • J. Teperowski Monrad • K. Muyskens • S. Myers • S. Nyholm • A. M. Owen • A. Puzio • C. Register • M. G. Reinecke • A. Safron • H. Shevlin • H. Shimizu • P. V. Treit • C. Voinea • K. Yan • A. Zahiu • R. Zhang • H. Zohny • W. Sinnott-Armstrong • I. Singh • J. Savulescu • M. S. Clark
Relational Norms for Human-AI Cooperation.
Preprint (Feb. 2025). arXiv
Relational Norms for Human-AI Cooperation.
Preprint (Feb. 2025). arXiv
2024
[5]
S. Nyholm
Digital Duplicates and Personal Scarcity: Reply to Voinea et al and Lundgren.
Philosophy and Technology 37.132. Nov. 2024. DOI
Digital Duplicates and Personal Scarcity: Reply to Voinea et al and Lundgren.
Philosophy and Technology 37.132. Nov. 2024. DOI
[4]
S. Milano • S. Nyholm
Advanced AI assistants that act on our behalf may not be ethically or legally feasible.
Nature Machine Intelligence 6. Jul. 2024. DOI
Advanced AI assistants that act on our behalf may not be ethically or legally feasible.
Nature Machine Intelligence 6. Jul. 2024. DOI
2023
[3]
B. H. Lang • S. Nyholm • J. Blumenthal-Barby
Responsibility Gaps and Black Box Healthcare Ai: Shared Responsibilization as a Solution.
Digital Society 2.52. Nov. 2023. DOI
Responsibility Gaps and Black Box Healthcare Ai: Shared Responsibilization as a Solution.
Digital Society 2.52. Nov. 2023. DOI
[2]
J. Smids • H. Berkers • P. Le Blanc • S. Rispens • S. Nyholm
Employers Have a Duty of Beneficence to Design for Meaningful Work: A General Argument and Logistics Warehouses as a Case Study.
The Journal of Ethics. Oct. 2023. DOI
Employers Have a Duty of Beneficence to Design for Meaningful Work: A General Argument and Logistics Warehouses as a Case Study.
The Journal of Ethics. Oct. 2023. DOI
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S. Nyholm
Is Academic Enhancement Possible by Means of Generative Ai-Based Digital Twins?
American Journal of Bioethics 23.10. Sep. 2023. DOI
Is Academic Enhancement Possible by Means of Generative Ai-Based Digital Twins?
American Journal of Bioethics 23.10. Sep. 2023. DOI
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