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16th July 2024

Human(s) in the loop(s): On the use of AI in German law enforcement

The criminal justice system is a core area of society undergoing intense digitalization and datafication processes accompanied and accelerated by rapidly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. While the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) provides the legal framework for the adoption of AI-based systems for the police, our research provides the empirical data to analyze this undertaking. By outlining the requirements for human oversight of AI applications in the context of policing, we demonstrate the importance of ethical reflection where AI use can have serious consequences.

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28th May 2024

Automated Pain Detection

The emerging technology of AI-supported pain assessment not only has the potential to support external pain evaluations by medical and nursing staff, it also harbours a number of ethical problems. The risk of systematic discrimination against members of certain groups in being able to provide competent information about their own pain deserves particular attention here, as there is a long tradition of such epistemic injustices in the field of pain diagnosis and treatment.

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2nd April 2024

The Role of ethics in shaping robotics development

This article discusses how ethics can be integrated into the development of autonomous robotics. Firstly, a potential mediating role between philosophical ethics and engineering is outlined. Secondly, the capability of ethics of robotics in making implicit values in the development of the technology is explicitly discussed. Thirdly, it is demonstrated how this reflection can contribute to making issues of responsibility visible. Finally, it is pointed out that ethical reasoning and concepts often precede and inform legal regulation.

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Release Date	Authors	Article
16.07.2024	Lou Brandner & Anna Louban	Human(s) in the loop(s): On the use of AI in German law enforcement
28.05.2024	Wulf Loh	Automated Pain Detection
02.04.2024	Sebastian Gießler & Aline Franzke	The Role of ethics in shaping robotics development
24.10.2023	Alexander Orlowski	Data Protection in the Smart Home
26.09.2023	Sonja Pfisterer	Recap of the Symposium on Social Justice and Technological Futures
04.04.2023	Karoline Reinhardt	Trust in AI Ethics
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17.05.2021	Isabella Hermann	Demokratie, Behörden und KI
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07.05.2020	Wulf Loh, Laura Schelenz	How the triage rules compound historical injustices against Black communities in the USA