Is AI bad for democracy? Analyzing AI’s impact on epistemic agency - Professor Mark Coeckelbergh

Location: St Cross Room and via Zoom


Date: Thursday, 9 March 2023


Time: 17:30 - 19:00


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Speaker: Professor Mark Coeckelbergh (University of Vienna; OUC Academic Visitor)
 

Abstract: Cases such as Cambridge Analytica or the use of AI by the Chinese government suggest that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) creates some risks for democracy. This paper analyzes these risks by using the concept of epistemic agency and argues that the use of AI risks to influence the formation and the revision of beliefs in at least three ways: the direct, intended manipulation of beliefs, the type of knowledge offered, and the creation and maintenance of epistemic bubbles. It then suggests some implications for research and policy.

THE NEW ST CROSS SPECIAL ETHICS SEMINARS ARE JOINTLY ARRANGED BY THE OXFORD UEHIRO CENTRE AND THE WELLCOME CENTRE FOR ETHICS AND HUMANITIES (WEH).