New article on Social Science perspectives on AI

by | Dec 9, 2020 | News

Amanda Lagerkvist, project leader in WASP-HS and Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala University, has published a theoretical article in the Journal of Digital Social Research and their thematic issue on “Unpacking the Algorithm: Social...

Travelling algorithms addressed in seminar

by | Dec 3, 2020 | News

How do ideas and algorithms travel between settings, organizations, and geographical regions? That is one of the questions addressed in a seminar co-organized by Francis Lee, Chalmers University of Technology, and project leader in WASP-HS. The online seminar...

New anthology analyses ethical and trustworthy AI in EU

by | Dec 1, 2020 | News

The European approach to artificial intelligence (AI) points to ethical considerations, human control and trustworthiness as its core tenets. But how clearly is this approach reflected in the MemberStates’ strategies? That is the question examined in the anthology...

What kind of human-centric robotics do we need?

by | Dec 1, 2020 | News

Professor Ginevra Castellano, Uppsala University, and co-project leader of a WASP-HS project, has given a keynote talk at the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI). The title was: “What kind of human-centric robotics do we need? Investigations...

AI är inte vilken annan ny teknik som helst

by | Nov 19, 2020 | News

Emma Engström är forskare vid Institutet för Framtidsstudier och verkar tillsammans med Pontus Strimling i WASP-HS projektet ”Predicting the diffusion of AI-applications”. Hon delar här sina tankar om vilken betydelse WASP-HS kan ha efter att ha deltagit i konferensen...