Reflections from WASP-HS Summer School

by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog Post

The theme of the WASP-HS Summer School of 2021 was sustainability. It is a broad concept, and some would argue that it is too broad, draining it from meaning, while others argue that the broadness is a strength to get people on board. Kalle Grill made us ponder upon...

Reflections on “Ethics in AI-driven educational practices”

by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog Post

I’m Clàudia Figueras, a doctoral student at Stockholm University, and I’m affiliated with WASP-HS. My supervisors are Harko Verhagen and Tessy Cerratto Pargman. I’m interested in studying how AI systems affect people, especially those who are already disadvantaged in...

Reflections on “Altered Relationships to Autonomous Systems”

by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog Post

This reflection from the WASP-HS roundtable on Altered Relationships to Autonomous Systems was written by Kristina Popova, who is a doctoral student at KTH Royal Institute of technology. As a part of an interdisciplinary team supported by WASP-HS grant, she is...

Gender fairness in (socio-legal) robotics

by admin | May 19, 2021 | Blog Post

During a dinner in Stockholm at the very first workshop of the WASP-HS programme, Ginevra Castellano, a social roboticist, and I discussed how AI technologies may mirror human behavior and, ultimately, social structures. With a focus on existing social structures...

The myth of complete AI-fairness

by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Blog Post

Just recently, IBM invited me to participate in a panel titled “Will AI ever be completely fair?” My first reaction was that it surely would be a very short panel, as the only possible answer is ‘no’. In this blog, I wish to further motivate my position in that...