ComAI Lecture: "Credibility of communicative AI"
Prof. Dr. Sonja Utz (Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien IWM & University of Tübingen) Abstract Language-based agents such as chatbots, voice assistants, and more recently, large language models, have become common tools for information retrieval. Assessing the quality of the information provided by these agents is crucial. This talk presents insights from several studies examining how the [...]
ComAI Lecture: "AI, education, and power"
Prof. Dr. Jeremy Knox (University of Oxford & The University of Edinburgh) Abstract In a similar way to previous education technologies, recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are typically discussed in terms of their ability to enhance learning or make the educational process more efficient. While this dominant discourse is sometimes countered with concerns about [...]
ComAI Lecture: "The AI Effect: How (generative) AI is reshaping discussions about elections and democracy"
Prof. Dr. Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam): Abstract Democracies are based on exchange, debate and discussion about goals, approaches and solutions. What tasks need to be solved, what does the sovereign want? In parliamentary democracies, this decision-making takes place within the framework of elections. In mediatized societies in particular, the media and intermediaries have [...]
Mind Talk: Apollo's gift: Neurobiological and neuropsychological foundations of music-making
Prof. em. Dr. med. Eckart Altenmüller Singing and instrumental music have played an important role in all cultures for decades: music is used to generate powerful emotions, deepen and organize social bonds and even achieve therapeutic goals. Music combines magical elements, ancient collective experiences and highly vibrant qualities full of new sounds. Our emotions when listening to music depend [...]
Bremen's Night of Biosignals - Where Science Meets Innovation!
This November 15th, Bremen along with 11 other cities takes part in the Nacht der Biosignale - a unique event bringing together cutting-edge technology, healthcare, and biosignal research. Dive into the latest advancements in biosignals and explore the endless possibilities of AI, data science, and bioengineering applied to real-world health challenges. 👩🔬💡 What can you [...]
3rd "Bremen Symposium AI in Health"
The Bremen Symposium AI in Health brings together people from science, politics, business, and practice, along with interested private individuals, offering a great opportunity for active exchange. There will also be plenty of time for networking and discussions between the talks and sessions of the program. The event will take place at the Bremische Bürgerschaft [...]
ComAI Lecture: "Between Power and Nature: Provocative reflections for an Eco-Political Economy of AI" (Prof. Dr. Benedetta Brevini)
Abstract: Despite the growing concern over the environmental harms of ICT systems (Ferreboeuf, 2019) Artificial Intelligence (AI) gets principally heralded as the key technology to solve contemporary challenges, including the Climate crisis, which is one of the goals of sustainable development (Saetra, 2022). This AI hype frequently overlooks the significant environmental impacts stemming from the [...]
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Unravelling brain networks: How correlations between brain regions can help us understand brain (dys)function (Dr. Jana Schill)
Brain function relies on a complex interplay of different brain regions. This interplay is known to change during healthy aging, and it can be disrupted in neurological diseases such as dystonia and Parkinson's disease. In my talk I will present how viewing brain regions as nodes of a graph allows us to employ methods from [...]
"Clickety-clack": a non-equilibrium model of cortical activity performs perceptual inference (Prof. Dr. Jochen Braun)
How does the cortex of humans and primates interpret unstable and ambiguous sensory input in terms of lifelong prior experience? Current theories ("free energy principle", "predictive coding") are based on equilibrium physics and posit reciprocal interactions between cortical levels ("top-down" and "bottom-up") to compare sensory input with prior experience and minimize discrepancies. I propose a [...]
