Better Safe Than Sorry: Reflections on the Artificial Intelligence Act
On December 8, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the final compromise text[1] of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). It is expected that the European Parliament will vote for the AIA on March 13, 2024. [2] The long-awaited and...
Embracing Critical Curiosity: Navigating the Societal Challenges of AI with WASP-HS
We live in a time when dinner conversations more often than not veer towards gloomy subjects – whether it be issues of national safety, planetary health or the ‘threat’ of AI for democracy, the labor market, the media or any combination thereof. I have increasingly...
Mapping Critical Robotics – An interdisciplinary workshop in Norrköping
On February 16th, the research team working on the WASP-HS funded project The Ethics and Social Consequences of AI & Caring Robots. Learning Trust, Empathy, and Accountability hosted an interactive workshop about critical robotics. Inspired by the creative...
Navigating the Future of AI in Education
How do you feel about our future in the company of artificial intelligence in education? Are you excited, worried, hopeful, annoyed? Perhaps you are considering how this might affect you, your family, your students, your community or workplace, or other people,...
