AI Ethics online: What Fiction Can Teach Us About AI Ethics

​​Abstract 

Kathy Strong Hansen will talk about the ways that fiction serves as a useful springboard to ethical reflection on AI issues by explaining her Tracks course on the same subject. In addition, she will point out some of fiction's other benefits for those in scientific and technical fields. ​

About the speaker

Kathryn Strong Hansen is a senior lecturer in language and communication at the Department for Communication and Learning in Science at Chalmers University of Technology. She has a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Southern California. Her research ranges from pedagogical explorations of the ways that the study of fiction is beneficial in the teaching of science and technology to literary analysis of young adult literature.

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About AI ETHICS at Chalmers
A series of seminars highlighting ethical perspectives of artificial intelligence. The series will feature invited speakers and Chalmers researchers with the aim of cultivating an informed discussion on ethical issues. The seminars are organised by the AI Ethics Committee, within Chalmers AI Research Centre (CHAIR).  Chalmers AI Research Centre (CHAIR).

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