4th Sociological Symposium: Lecture "Feminist AI: Who programs the world - and for whom?"

On May 12, the 4th Sociological Symposium will take place at the University of Kassel. In this forum, students will present their research results in lectures and posters. The event begins at 15:30 in the university's Gießhaus. At 16:15, Dr. Tanja Kubes will give a guest lecture. She is currently a lecturer and researcher in the sociology of science and gender in physics at the FU Berlin. Admission is free.

Lecture 4.15 p.m. in the Gießhaus:
FeministAI: Who programs the world - and for whom?
Dr. Tanja Kubes, FU Berlin , tanja.kubes[at]fu-berlin[dot]der

Artificial intelligence is often presented as an objective, neutral technology. In fact, as a socio-technical structure, it is deeply embedded in social power relations and can not only reflect existing inequalities, but actively reinforce them. The lecture analyzes AI from a feminist, intersectional perspective and asks whose orders of knowledge and interests are inscribed in the development, application and regulation of AI - and whose remain excluded. Just(r) AI cannot be achieved through diversity strategies alone, but requires a radical reorientation: posthumanist approaches help to no longer think of humans as the universal center of technological development, but as part of relational, responsible networks between humans, machines and the environment. Feminist AI is therefore not just a critique of existing systems - it is a prerequisite for social sustainability.