Humans, Machines and the Anthropology of Cybernetic Practices (Joffrey Becker)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Joffrey Becker is c:o/re fellow and research associate and member of the Anthropology of Life team at the LAS (Laboratoire d‘Anthropologie Sociale) at the Collège de France. In his talk, he will give an insight into his work on the relations between humans and so-called intelligent systems with a project called “Living besides Machines/Living inside Machines”. …

Computer Simulations Seen from the Standpoint of Symbols (Franck Varenne)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Franck Varenne is associate professor of philosophy of science at the University of Rouen (Normandy, France) and associate researcher at the IHPST (Paris, CNRS). In his talk, he will discuss computer simulations in contemporary science from an epistemological standpoint that is historical, comparative and immersive, i.e. observational (empirical) and interactional (coactive). This talk is part …

Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future. An Ecosystem Perspective on the Ethics of AI and Emerging Digital Technologies (Bernd Carsten Stahl)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Bernd Carsten Stahl is Professor of Critical Research in Technology and Director the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His talk will be exploring philosophical issues arising from the intersections of business, technology, and information. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research - Digitalization.  

Traveling with TARDIS. Prediction, Parameterization, and Ontology in Molecular Modeling and Simulation (Johannes Lenhard)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Johannes Lenhard is a Senior Research Fellow at the chair for Thermodynamics at the TU Kaiserslautern, Germany and philosopher. Based in philosophy of and in science, his talk will give insights into his work on simulation models, which rely on unmeasurable or empirically unknown data and their creation, maintenance and reception. The talk is part …

Developing Artificial Human-Like Numerical Cognition (and Why) (Markus Pantsar)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Markus Pantsar is c:o/re fellow and Senior Grant Researcher in Theoretical Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Finland. In his talk, he will give insights into his work discussing computational modeling of cognitive processes involved in mathematics and their complexity. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research …