The paper „Revisiting the Trolley Problem for AI: Biases and Stereotypes in Large Language Models and their Impact on Ethical Decision-Making“ by Şahan Hatemo, Christof Weickhardt, Luca Gisler, and Oliver Bendel received the Special Paper Award from the reviewers of the AAAI 2025 Spring Symposium „Human-Compatible AI for Well-being: Harnessing Potential of GenAI for AI-Powered Science“. The three bachelor students from the FHNW School of Computer Science gave their presentation on site in San Francisco as part of the AAAI 2025 Spring Symposia. Prof. Dr. Bendel from the FHNW School of Business had given them feedback on the project and placed it in the context of machine ethics. He has been involved in the well-known and popular conference, which usually takes place at Stanford University, since 2016. This time, he was keeping his fingers crossed from Italy. The proceedings of the AAAI 2025 Spring Symposia will be published in April 2025.
As part of the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia in San Francisco, the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ is organized by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The paper „Increasing Well-being and Health through Robotic Hugs“ by Oliver Bendel, Andrea Puljic, Robin Heiz, Furkan Tömen, and Ivan De Paola was accepted. The talk will take place between March 26 and 29, 2023 at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport. The symposium website states: „For our happiness, AI is not enough to be productive in exponential growth or economic/financial supremacies but should be socially responsible from the viewpoint of fairness, transparency, accountability, reliability, safety, privacy, and security. For example, AI diagnosis system should provide responsible results (e.g., a high-accuracy of diagnostics result with an understandable explanation) but the results should be socially accepted (e.g., data for AI (machine learning) should not be biased (i.e., the amount of data for learning should be equal among races and/or locations). Like this example, a decision of AI affects our well-being, which suggests the importance of discussing ‚What is socially responsible?‘ in several potential situations of well-being in the coming AI age.“ (Website AAAI) According to the organizers, the first perspective is „(Individually) Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to design Responsible AI for well-being. The second perspective is „Socially Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to implement social aspects in Responsible AI for well-being. More information via www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss23.php#ss09.
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is pleased to present the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia, to be held at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport, California, March 27-29. According to the organizers, Stanford University cannot act as host this time because of insufficient staff. Symposia of particular interest from a philosophical point of view are „AI Climate Tipping-Point Discovery“, „AI Trustworthiness Assessment“, „Computational Approaches to Scientific Discovery“, „Evaluation and Design of Generalist Systems (EDGeS): Challenges and methods for assessing the new generation of AI“, and „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“. According to AAAI, symposia generally range from 40–75 participants each. „Participation will be open to active participants as well as other interested individuals on a first-come, first-served basis.“ (Website AAAI) Over the past decade, the conference has become one of the most important venues in the world for discussions on robot ethics, machine ethics, and AI ethics. It will be held again at History Corner from 2024. Further information via www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss23.php.
In San Francisco haben sich im Juni 2022 Robotertaxis von Cruise auf einer Kreuzung getroffen und diese über Stunden blockiert. Dabei handelte es sich natürlich um einen technischen Fehler, keine echte Versammlung und keinen eigentlichen Aufstand. Der Vorgang erinnert dennoch an die Kurzgeschichte „Sally“ von Isaac Asimov aus dem Jahre 1953. Darin geht es um eine Farm, auf der ausgediente Privatautomatics (auch „Automatobile“ genannt), selbstständig fahrende Autos, ihr Gnadenbrot erhalten. Sally ist ein Cabriolet und besitzt „die schönsten, feinsten Linien“. Wie die anderen Automatics kann sie sich putzen, ja sich sogar wachsen und polieren. Sie ist nicht nur attraktiv, sondern auch frei, geradezu autonom. In ihrer Zeit auf der Farm hat „nie ein menschliches Wesen hinter ihrem Lenkrad gesessen“. Ein Bösewicht will die besonderen Autos ausschlachten. Doch diese jagen und eskortieren ihn, wobei Sally eine heldenhafte Rolle spielt. Am Ende wird er von seinem eigenen Bus getötet. Es stellt sich heraus, dass die Autos miteinander kommunizieren können, und offensichtlich haben die Automatobile den Automatobus angestiftet. Der Artikel „Asimovs Automatobile: Selbstständig fahrende Autos in Fiktion und Realität und als Gegenstand der Maschinenethik“ von Oliver Bendel, erschienen in Telepolis am 27. August 2013, geht auf die Kurzgeschichte im Detail ein und stellt einen Bezug zur Maschinenethik her.
