Research

Many current technological developments, such as autonomous driving, AI-assisted medical diagnoses or robots designed to help educate children demonstrate the potential to serve a greater cause, but also raise societal and ethical concerns. By explicating normative implications of technologies, Ethics of Technology serves as a rational assessment for deciding how to design, regulate, adopt and cope with the (latest) technological advancements.

Main fo­cus

Ethical evaluations need sound philosophical reflections of technologies. Philosophy of Technology analyses human-technology relations in concrete applications, uncovers forms of subjectification and objectification of typical socio-technical configurations, and exposes epistemological aspects that are intertwined with normative questions (e.g. explainable AI). Philosophy of Technology also explores different concepts of technology and the ongoing technisation of the modern world.

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2024

Warum und wozu erklärbare KI? Über die Verschiedenheit dreier paradigmatischer Zwecksetzungen

S. Alpsancar, in: R. Adolphi, S. Alpsancar, S. Hahn, M. Kettner (Eds.), Philosophische Digitalisierungsforschung  Verantwortung, Verständigung, Vernunft, Macht, transcript, Bielefeld, 2024, pp. 55–113.


AI explainability, temporality, and civic virtue

W. Reijers, T. Matzner, S. Alpsancar, M. Philippi, in: Smart Ethics in the Digital World: Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2024. 21th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT. Universidad de La Rioja, 2024., Longrono, 2024.


Explanation needs and ethical demands: unpacking the instrumental value of XAI

S. Alpsancar, H.M. Buhl, T. Matzner, I. Scharlau, AI and Ethics (2024).

DOI https://links.springernature.com/f/a/xjbXcT06ufIgbHT1duGaHQ~~/AABE5gA~/RgRpMhXcP0SiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLnNwcmluZ2VyLmNvbS8xMC4xMDA3L3M0MzY4MS0wMjQtMDA2MjItMz91dG1fc291cmNlPXJjdF9jb25ncmF0ZW1haWx0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW9hXzIwMjQxMjAzJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PTEwLjEwMDcvczQzNjgxLTAyNC0wMDYyMi0zVwNzcGNCCmdG3JBPZxsDc2FSIXN1emFuYS5hbHBzYW5jYXJAdW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZVgEAAAHLA~~

Unpacking the purposes of explainable AI

S. Alpsancar, T. Matzner, M. Philippi, in: Smart Ethics in the Digital World: Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2024. 21th International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT, Universidad de La Rioja, 2024, pp. 31–35.


2023

Faktor Mensch. Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie 2023

S. Alpsancar, A. Friedrich, P. Gehring, C. Hubig, A. Kaminski, A. Nordmann, eds., Faktor Mensch. Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie 2023, Nomos, Baden Baden, 2023.

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What is AI Ethics? Ethics as means of self-regulation and the need for critical reflection

S. Alpsancar, in: International Conference on Computer Ethics 2023, 2023, pp. 1--17.


Algorithmic Fairness in AI

J. Pfeiffer, J. Gutschow, C. Haas, F. Möslein, O. Maspfuhl, F. Borgers, S. Alpsancar, Business & Information Systems Engineering (2023).

DOI https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12599-023-00787-x

2022

Language in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

S. Thomas, Technology and Language 3 (2022).

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2021

TA und Zeitdiagnosen. TA als Zeitdiagnose?

S. Alpsancar, in: S. Böschen, A. Grunwald, B.-J. Krings, C. Rösch (Eds.), Technikfolgenabschätzung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis, 1st ed., Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2021, pp. 229–239.

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„Vom Fahr-Zeug zum Fahr-Ding. Ein Heideggerianischer Kommentar zum autonomen Automobil“

S. Alpsancar, in: F. Sprenger (Ed.), Autonome Autos – Die Zukunft des Verkehrs und die Dispositive der Mobilität, 1st ed., transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2021, pp. 373–397.

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