Veröffentlichung: TATuP neue Ausgabe 33/1 (2024) “AI for decision support: What are possible futures, social impacts, regulatory options, ethical conundrums and agency constellations?”

TATuP 33/1 (2024) has been published online. This issue’s Special topic is

AI for decision support: What are possible futures, social impacts, regulatory options, ethical conundrums and agency constellations?

edited by

  • Diana Schneider (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI) and
  • Karsten Weber (OTH Regensburg, Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment)

Please also note:

Recall CfA: Please spread widely in your networks TATuP’s current CfA with deadline 29.04.2024 for the Special topic in Volume 34 Issue 1 (2025):

“Practices and concepts of ‘care’ in sustainability transformations. Critical perspectives in technology assessment”.

Open call: Please also keep in mind TATuP’s ongoing call for submission of open topic research articles, book reviews, meeting reports etc.

Artificial intelligence to support decision-making is affecting ever larger parts of society; human decisions can now be made by machines. This Special topic brings together contributions that present societal challenges, ethical issues, stakeholders, and possible futures of AI use for decision support.

Interview with Karl von Wendt (by Reinhard Heil)…

… on “Artificial intelligence out of control?” (In German): „Agentische Planungsfähigkeit verbunden mit einer übermenschlichen Fähigkeit zur Manipulation von Menschen oder technischen Systemen könnten Eigenschaften einer potenziell unkontrollierbaren KI sein.“