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Ethics is not just about Right or Wrong but mostly about Why
„People often feel uncomfortable talking about ethics. My mission is to enter a company, a classroom, a stage, and take away that unease“, I say in my interview with influencer marketing platform Onalytica.
KI, Nachhaltigkeit und Ethik: grosse Fragen auch für KMU
Im Gespräch mit Birgit Eschbach rede ich über Nachhaltigkeit, Verantwortung und Ethik: von Microsofts carbon-negativ Strategie, über die Emissionen von GPT-3, bis hin zur Relevanz dieser Themen für Standortförderungsorganisationen oder ein KMU im Rheinland.
Privacy Conundrums in early 2021 — on Violators and Accomplices
How is it possible that an app that simultaneously breaches privacy principles and that, for the time being, undermines ideals of inclusiveness, is so successful? And why do even people who are usually strong advocates of the very values Clubhouse violates, hop on this latest trend?
AI is a Tool, not a Right. It’s not an End in Itself
„We might trust machines more than people when we communicate with them but this is dangerous because behind every machine there are the people that create it“. Just one of my statements from my lively talk with Kimberly Misquitta from Indian chatbot company Engati.
No, we don’t want to ‘democratize’ AI
The talk about democratizing AI is a clever marketing move. Democracy is an inherently positive term. By suggesting that AI is in everyone’s interest, it is not far off from framing AI as a basic need. But let’s not be fooled: AI is not a basic need. It is a tool, that is, a means…
Four Reasons why Hyping AI is an Ethical Problem
Hyping AI creates ethical challenges on top of the existing ones. Here is how: 1. AI hype does not question the very purpose of AI. 2. AI hype is linked to misleading promises. 3. AI hype directs energy at something that is barely tangible. 4. AI hype exaggerates the capabilities of AI when effectively humans…
Fake it till You Make it: AI and Hype
The Algo 2020 conference invited me on a panel discussion titled „Fake it till you make it – AI and Hype“. My 4 key points: 1. AI hype does not question the very purpose of AI. 2. AI hype is linked to misleading promises. 3. AI hype directs energy at something that is barely tangible.…
Die Stärke einer Technologie bemisst sich an ihrem Beitrag zum Wohl der Schwachen
„Technische Innovation verschafft Menschen mit Behinderung idealerweise Erleichterungen. Gleichzeitig hilft sie Menschen mit Behinderungen, den Erwartungen der Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden. Aber sie steigert eben diese Erwartungen auch – denn sie verändert, was in der Gesellschaft «normal» ist“ So lautet eine meiner Aussagen im Rahmen meines Impulsreferates beim Cybathlon 2020, auf dem Podium von Pro…
Nachhaltigkeit: von Daten zu Taten
Auf ConnectaTV spreche ich mit Aileen Zumstein über den «Messwahn» in der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte, über den «Rückzug in die Intuition», über low hanging fruit und Oberflächenkosmetik, sowie die Bedeutung von Prinzipien und Unvermeidlichkeit von Abwägungen.
Contact Tracing ist nicht Instagram. Das Individuum ist egal
Im Kampf gegen Covid-19 setzen die Schweiz und weitere Staaten auf digitales Contact-Tracing. Die Weitergabe eigener Daten ist angesichts der Pandemie eine Form der praktizierten Solidarität, sage ich in einem Gespräch im Auftrag der Stiftung Sanitas Krankenversicherung.
There is no Responsible Tech without Accountability
There is a divide between those working on Responsible Tech inside companies and those criticizing from the outside. We need to bridge the two worlds, which requires more open-mindedness and the willingness to overcome potential prejudices. The back and forth between ‘ethics washing’ and ‘ethics bashing’ is taking up too much space.
Ethics in the Tech Industry: What makes it so Distinctive?
Kate O’Neill is a global thought leader, author, keynote speaker, strategic advisor, and „tech humanist“. We talked about connecting the dots between AI ethics, privacy, climate change, CSR, ESG, contact tracing, carbon offsetting and much more, including quite some laughter.
Kryptowährungen und ESG? Mission impossible
Kryptowährungen boomen; viele von ihnen basieren auf extrem energieintensiven Mining-Prozessen. Gleichzeitig stehen wir unter dem Druck, den globalen Emissionsverbrauch drastisch zu senken, Stichwort ESG. Diese beiden Trends vertragen sich nicht.
Rainwater Harvesting in Bangladesh
In 2017 I visited various NGO projects in Bangladesh. Upon return to Switzerland I wrote a piece on a method to harvest rainwater in order to secure the supply of healthy water. The article was originally published in the Bangladesh newspaper Daily Sun on February 7, 2018.
Getting to the Root of Food Waste in Bananas
The food waste of bananas created by consumers is only the tip of the iceberg. Even more waste is created at the farm level, where up to 40% of bananas are put to waste. The high percentage of waste at farm level puts an additional strain on the cost/income ratio of farmers.
Robinhood: Democratized Finance on Shaky Ground
More than 900 years after the heroic figure Robin Hood set out to steal from the rich and give to the poor, two American entrepreneurs borrowed his name to establish a fintech company that claims to “democratize finance for all”. But the new Robinhood’s claim of ‘democracy’ is on shaky ground. Just as the company…
Privacy Conundrums in early 2021 — on Violators and Accomplices
How is it possible that an app that simultaneously breaches privacy principles and that, for the time being, undermines ideals of inclusiveness, is so successful? And why do even people who are usually strong advocates of the very values Clubhouse violates, hop on this latest trend?
No, we don’t want to ‘democratize’ AI
The talk about democratizing AI is a clever marketing move. Democracy is an inherently positive term. By suggesting that AI is in everyone’s interest, it is not far off from framing AI as a basic need. But let’s not be fooled: AI is not a basic need. It is a tool, that is, a means…
Four Reasons why Hyping AI is an Ethical Problem
Hyping AI creates ethical challenges on top of the existing ones. Here is how: 1. AI hype does not question the very purpose of AI. 2. AI hype is linked to misleading promises. 3. AI hype directs energy at something that is barely tangible. 4. AI hype exaggerates the capabilities of AI when effectively humans…
Geht ESG viral? Der Impact von COVID auf nachhaltige Anlagen
Die Corona-Pandemie löste anfangs auf den globalen Aktienmärkten Panik und massive Kurseinbrüche aus. In Krisenzeiten verkürzen sich Investitionshorizonte. Damit stehen sie in direkter Spannung zum Kern der Nachhaltigkeit, der Langfristigkeit. Was bedeutet das für ESG?
Facial Recognition: Accuracy is not the Point
Facial recognition is flawed—but should we reject it because it’s inaccurate, or because it’s immoral? This post argues why moral arguments matter more than statistics when it comes to protecting our faces, our privacy, and our civil rights.
Pensionskassen, Klimawandel und der Wert zukünftiger Renten
Die Klimajugend hat einen langfristigen Horizont – das hat sie sinnigerweise mit den Pensionskassen gemeinsam. Wer in Firmen investiert, die den Klimawandel befördern, setzt den Wert der Renten mutwillig herab.
Linking Digitalization to Ethics: a Simple Outline of Some Foundations
It shouldn’t take a scandal of the dimensions achieved by Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica to make it clear that we must not use technology blindly without asking ourselves some ethical questions, but incidents like these certainly help to raise awareness on an ever broader scale. Yet, despite an increasing amount of articles calling for integrating ethics…
Why AI really needs Social Scientists
OpenAI states that in order to assure a rigorous design and implementation of this experiment, they need social scientists from a variety of disciplines. The title immediately caught my attention given that the kind of “AI ethics” I am dealing with hinges on an interdisciplinary approach to AI. So, I sat down and spent a…
Business is there to Make Life Better. But How?
As part of his series “Interviews with global leaders in the field of Artificial Intelligence” I spoke with Johan Steyn about AI ethics, privacy, contact tracing, buiness ethics, CSR, etc. – live from my kitchen table.
Ethical Debates sparked by COVID: Thoughts at the UNESCO Forum
UNESCO Forum invited me as a speaker to share my thoughts on the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic has sparked fundamental ethical debates. Think of the terrifying reports from hospitals in Italy in Spring 2020. Intensive care units were overrun with patients. There were not enough ventilators. And suddenly we asked ourselves: What is the value…
AI Use Cases with Meaning and Impact
Where would I invest 1 million CHF if I had them? Probably in tech that tackles climate change or biodiversity, such as AI in precision farming. There are so many AI use cases that pose no ethical challenges.
Künstliche Intelligenz & Ethik Im Unterricht
Das Montreal AI Ethics Institute hat mich, zusammen mit meinen ForHumanity-Kollegen Merve Hickok und Ryan Carrier, zu unseren Gedanken über das Lehren von KI und Ethik interviewt. Ich empfehle, KI-Ethik so anwendungsorientiert wie möglich zu halten und die Menschen zu inspirieren, darüber nachzudenken, was das für ihre eigene Arbeitserfahrung bedeutet.
Ethics is not just about Right or Wrong but mostly about Why
„People often feel uncomfortable talking about ethics. My mission is to enter a company, a classroom, a stage, and take away that unease“, I say in my interview with influencer marketing platform Onalytica.
Contact Tracing ist nicht Instagram. Das Individuum ist egal
Im Kampf gegen Covid-19 setzen die Schweiz und weitere Staaten auf digitales Contact-Tracing. Die Weitergabe eigener Daten ist angesichts der Pandemie eine Form der praktizierten Solidarität, sage ich in einem Gespräch im Auftrag der Stiftung Sanitas Krankenversicherung.
There is no Responsible Tech without Accountability
There is a divide between those working on Responsible Tech inside companies and those criticizing from the outside. We need to bridge the two worlds, which requires more open-mindedness and the willingness to overcome potential prejudices. The back and forth between ‘ethics washing’ and ‘ethics bashing’ is taking up too much space.
Technologie, Privatsphäre und Solidarität in der Pandemie
Wie wichtig ist unsere Privatsphäre? Was bedeutet Freiwilligkeit? Und wie können wir solidarisch sein? Die Einführung von Contact-Tracing-Apps wirft grosse Fragen auf. Florian Wüstholz von der WOZ lud mich zusammen mit dem Innovationsethiker Johan Rochel zu einem kontroversen Gespräch ein.
AI and Sustainability: a Solution or Part of the Problem?
Environmental sustainability is one of the most promising domains to deploy ‘AI for Good’. The environment is an excellent use case for collecting and analyzing data that help us to better understand and address key environmental challenges. In contrast to the use of AI in ‘human settings’, you typically don’t run into problems of privacy…
Nachhaltige Anlagen: Impact, Regulierung und Greenwashing
Es ist gut, dass Regulatoren das Thema Nachhaltige Anlagen aufgreifen. Allerdings ist es weder machbar noch wünschenswert, Nachhaltigkeit im Finanzbereich allein über Regulierung voranzutreiben. Anleger sollen nicht einfach blind auf gesetzliche Vorgaben vertrauen. Nachhaltigkeit liegt immer auch in der Verantwortung des Einzelnen. Yova hat mich interviewt.