[Seminar Series] Data in Society and Datafication: Who Cares About Data?

Data ethics is not a list of principles or guidelines to follow in order to ‘get data work right’; it is a way of reasoning and an ability to explicitly evaluate and defend specific strategies and decisions, and why one thinks – under specific circumstances and at a particular time – that these are the best strategies and decisions given one’s values and goals. Accordingly, this session is dedicated to understanding how data works and its dynamics, to be able to situate ethical reasoning within an adequate epistemic framework. This includes the key ethical questions around the use of Big Data and associated technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and the broader framework of contemporary digital society, including its reliance on automation, generative AI, social media and related platforms for communication and service provision. 

Speaker: Prof. Sabina Leonelli (Munich Technical University / Ethical Data Initiative)

Language: English

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