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06.08.2025
What Is Intelligence—and What Kind of Intelligence Do We Want in Our Future? With Sven Nyholm
Research Film
Sven Nyholm, Chair of the Ethics of AI at LMU Munich and PI at MCML, explores one of the most urgent questions in AI: how responsibility, agency, and credit shift when intelligent systems make …
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02.01.2025
MCML Researchers in Highly-Ranked Journals
165 Papers in 2025 Highlight Scientific Impact
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2025 with 165 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
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26.11.2024
Artificial Intelligence as a Radio Host
MCML PI Sven Nyholm's Comment
At OFF Radio in Poland, an experiment tested artificial intelligence as a radio host, using digital avatars of famous figures for interviews, including a virtual interview with Wisława Szymborska. The …
10.07.2024
Sven Nyholm About AI in Government Services
BBC Article
A new BBC article addresses the question of whether AI is a potentially effective way to improve government services. To answer this question, the critical views of our PI Sven Nyholm on the …
12.06.2024
Sven Nyholm About the Role of AI in India's Political Campaigns
WELT Article
Our PI Sven Nyholm has a brief appearance in this newspaper article by Die WELT about the role of AI in India’s political campaigns. He emphasizes the importance of legal restrictions on AI to …
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28.04.2024
Call for Abstracts - MCML Workshop on "The Ethics of Partiality, Human-Robot Relationships, and AI"
24–25 October 2024, LMU Munich
LMU’s research group in AI ethics, together with the MCML, the Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice, and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, welcomes submissions of extended …
11.04.2024
Call for Abstracts - MCML Conference on "The Ethics of Conversational Agents & Generative AI"
12–13 September 2024, LMU Munich
The MCML AI Ethics research group invites submissions of abstracts (250-500 words) for a two-day conference on “The Ethics of Conversational Agents and Generative AI” taking place at LMU Munich this …
02.01.2024
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #10
Bonus Episode: Audience Q and A
In the 10th episode, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher answer questions from podcast listeners. Topics covered include: the relationships between animal ethics and AI ethics; …
15.12.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #9
Human-Technology Futures
In the 9th episode, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher explore the future of humanity’s tech relationship. Will increased integration lead to greater dependence? They ponder …
18.11.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #8
Machines as Colleagues, Friends and Lovers
In the 8th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues …
09.11.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #7
Can Machines Be Moral Patients?
In the 7th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about the moral status of machines and discuss wether machines can be more than just mere things. Sven …
17.10.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #5
Technology and Responsibility Gaps
In the 5th episode, our PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher delve into responsibility gaps in technology. Over two decades, legal and philosophical research has addressed the challenge posed …
10.10.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #4
Behaviour Change and Control
In the 4th episode, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about the role that technology can play in changing our behaviour. In doing so, they note the long and troubled history of …
29.09.2023
Podcast: This Is Technology Ethics #3
Value Alignment and the Control Problem
In the 3rd episode, our MCML PI Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher discuss risk and technology ethics. They focus, in particular, on the perennially popular and widely discussed problems of …
20.09.2023
Sven Nyholm Launched His New Podcast
This Is Technology Ethics
Our MCML PI Sven Nyholm recently launched his new Podcast “This is Technology Ethics”. In nine episodes he will discuss topics from his book “This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction”. The first two …
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02.01.2023
MCML Researchers in Highly-Ranked Journals
45 Papers in 2023 Highlight Scientific Impact
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2023 with 45 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!