RHET AI Center

Science Communication & Artificial Intelleigence

Contact

Rhetoric Department of Tübingen University

Dr. Markus Gottschling
Doblerstraße 21/1
72074 Tübingen
+49 7071 / 29 73321

markus.gottschlingspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
https://rhet.ai/

Artificial intelligence (AI) poses enormous social, cultural and ethical challenges for our society. But how do (self-)learning systems work and how can they be used? What risks and opportunities are associated with the use of AI? Which systems interact in a truly intelligent way? And how are autonomous algorithmic decision-making systems changing public discourse?

While AI research and applications of generative AI are progressing rapidly, fascination and enthusiasm, but also doubts, skepticism and fears are clashing in the social debate and public discourses. At the same time, politicians at national and European level are beginning to regulate application and research.

The Tübingen Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET AI) is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of the Science Communication to the Power of Three initiative to investigate these discourses from the perspective of impact-oriented rhetoric research.


News

11.-13.09. Patrizia Attar and Monika Hanauska from the KIT team present the new GAL research focus “Artificial Intelligence” at the GAL annual conference.

19.09.: Markus Gottschling and Salina Weber give a talk at the Postdoc Days. Markus Gottschling: The Habilitation Process at the Faculty of Philosophy / Salina Weber: Science Communication in the Age of AI.

20.09.: Markus Gottschling and Salina Weber travel to the Medientriennale Südwest. Markus Gottschling gives a talk (Communication with AI: Tools, Skills - and Bullshit) and the RHET AI Center has a stand at the marketplace.

20.09.: The citizens' assembly starts with the first public event: an AI poetry slam at the Tübingen City Library.

25.09.: Wisskomm workshop by Viktorija Völker for doctoral students.

30.09.-01.10.: Markus Gottschling and Salina Weber give the first workshop “Generative AI for research and science communication” - Advanced Course at the Graduiertelakademie.

October 9-11: NKRF9 Copenhagen: Markus Gottschling and Salina Weber will give a talk “Towards Rhetorical AI Literacy in Copenhagen.”

November 12-14: ”Persuasive Algorithms?” conference

December 11-12: Markus Gottschling and Salina Weber will give a workshop at the Science Communication Forum in Berlin.

Publications

Im Erscheinen

Burkhardt, Anne (i.E.): Ausbeutung im Zeitalter des technisch erweiterten Menschen – Dekoloniale Perspektiven auf Alex Riveras Film Sleep Dealer (2008). In: Reiter, Barbara/Reulecke, Anne-Kathrin (Hg.): Imaginationen des Künstlichen Menschen und Grenzen des Humanen. Bielefeld: transcript-Verlag. Im Erscheinen.

Kohmann, Lukas; Mirsky, Ilja (i.E.): Künstliches Erinnern und Automatisiertes Kuratieren. In: Marschall, Susanne (Hg.): Universale Archive. Erinnerungskulturen und ihre medialen Praktiken. Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag. Im Erscheinen.

2024

Gottschling, Markus (2024): Im Durchlauferhitzer der Gegenwart. Eine rhetorische Analyse von Geisteswissenschaftskommunikation auf Twitter. In: v. Georgia Gödecke, Andreas Grünewald (Hg.): Lost in Translation? Wissenschaftskommunikation in den Geisteswissenschaften. Bielefeld: wbv. DOI: 10.3278/9783763976003.

Apellaniz Portos, Mónica; Labadie-Tamayo, Roberto; Stemmler, Claudius; Feyersinger, Erwin; Babic, Andreas; Bruckner, Franziska; Öhner, Vrääth; Zeppelzauer, Matthias (2024): Analysis of Hybrid Compositions in Animation Film with Weakly Supervised Learning. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.04789

2023

Burkhardt, Anne (2023): Von Kontrolle, Ausbeutung und Widerstand: künstliche Intelligenz im lateinamerikanischen Film: te.ma gGmbH. DOI:10.57964/g7jv-yr19

Burkhardt, Anne (2023): ‚Centering the South(s)‘: Dekoloniale Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz. In: Burkhardt, Anne; Marschall, Susanne; Kramer, Olaf (Hg.): Artificial Turn. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz. Freiburg, wbg/Herder (i.E.). Als Pre-Print abrufbar unter rhet.ai/2023/12/13/centering-the-souths-dekoloniale-perspektiven-auf-kuenstliche-intelligenz/

Erwin Feyersinger; Lukas Kohmann; Michael Pelzer (2023): Fuzzy Ingenuity. Creative Potentials and Mechanics of Fuzziness in Processes of Image Creation with AI-Based Text-to-Image Generators. In: IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft (37), S. 135–149. DOI:10.1453/1614–0885‑1–2023-15464

Gottschling, Markus (2023): Tipps aus der Rhetorik, um KI-Tools effektiver zu nutzen. Wissenschaft im Dialog gGmbH. Berlin. Online verfügbar unter wissenschaftskommunikation.de/tipps-aus-der-rhetorik-um-ki-tools-effektiver-zu-nutzen-71835/, zuletzt aktualisiert am 23.10.2023.

Gottschling, Markus (2023): Imitationen: Zur Menschlichkeit des Erzählens mit Künstlicher Intelligenz. In: Burkhardt, Anne; Marschall, Susanne; Kramer, Olaf (Hg.): Artificial Turn. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz. Freiburg, wbg/Herder (i.E.). Als Pre-Print abrufbar unter rhet.ai/2023/12/06/imitationen-zur-menschlichkeit-des-erzaehlens-mit-kuenstlicher-intelligenz/

Jang, Heesoo; Nanditha, Narayanamoorthy; Schelenz, Laura; Brandner, Lou Therese; Burkhardt, Anne; Hirsbrunner, Simon David; Timcke, Scott (2023): Platform (In)Justice: A Call for a Global Research Agenda. In: Casey Fiesler, Loren Terveen, Morgan Ames, Susan Fussell, Eric Gilbert, Vera Liao et al. (Hg.): Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. CSCW '23: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14.10.2023 – 18.10.2023. New York, NY, USA: ACM, S. 411–414. DOI:10.1145/3584931.3608439

Jang, Heesoo; Narayanamoorthy, Nanditha; Schelenz, Laura; Brandner, Lou Therese; Burkhardt, Anne; Hirsbrunner, Simon David et al. (2023): Platform (In)Justice: Exploring Research Priorities and Practical Solutions. In: Casey Fiesler, Loren Terveen, Morgan Ames, Susan Fussell, Eric Gilbert, Vera Liao et al. (Hg.): Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. CSCW '23: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14.10.2023 – 18.10.2023. New York, NY, USA: ACM, S. 576–580. DOI:10.1145/3584931.3606953