29 Oct

Influence of AI Algorithms on Individual and Collective Memory

Date:

Wed:
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

29 October 2025

Location:

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11 80539 München

Organizers
Young Academy (Junges Kolleg)|Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities - BAdW
Munich Center for Machine Learning - MCML
Graduate Center für Postdocs - bidt

Language
English

Program

All talks will be 10 minutes plus 5 minutes Q&A

01:00 - 01:15 pm Welcome by BAdW, bidt and MCML

01:15 - 01:30 pm Talk 1 Esther Reinhardt, bidt

Minimal Emotions Needed – About tasks that are really solved by AI and those that only seem to be. An introduction to the MEN-value.

01:30 - 01:45 pm Talk 2 Tom Sterkenburg, MCML

Machine Learning and the Value-Free Ideal

01:45 - 02:00 pm Talk 3 Tobias Lutzi, BAdW

Regulating Algorithmic Memory: The Impact of Legal Rules on AI

02:00 - 02:15 pm Talk 4 Korbinian Rüger, bidt

AI-Risk and Distributive Justice

02:15 - 02:45 pm Coffee Break

02:45 - 03:00 pm Talk 5 Christoph Kern, MCML

The Value of Survey Science for Responsible and Participatory AI

03:00 - 03:15 pm Talk 6 Florian Richter, bidt

AI Algorithms' Influence on Human Autonomy: Ethical Aspects and Societal Implications

03:15 - 03:30 pm Talk 7 Klaus Staudacher, bidt

How should the influence of AI algorithms on individual and collective memory be evaluated ethically? An assessment from the perspective of Digital Humanism

03:30 - 03:45 pm Talk 8 Svetlana Efimova, BAdW

Learning from Digital Persona: AI and Cultural Memory

03:45 - 04:15 pm Coffee Break

04:15 - 04:45 pm Talk 9 Matthias Stadler, BAdW

Beyond the Algorithm: Can Generative AI Offer a Safer Path through the Health Misinformation Minefield?

04:30 - 04:45 pm Talk 10 Levin Hornischer, MCMP

Learning How to Vote With

04:45 - 05:00 pm Talk 11 Clara Wenz, BAdW
YouTube Algorithms and the Loss of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study from Syria

05:05 - 05:50 pm Panel Annamária Fábián, bidt | Christoph Heilig, BAdW | tbd, MCML | Manuel Trummer, Alumnus BAdW

on Social and Ethical Consequences of AI Agents and Generative AI in Scientific Practice

Moderation Thomas Meier, MCML

05:50 - 07:00 pm Reception / Aperitif / Networking