Last week, Lena Kästner visited the philosophy department at University of Stuttgart. Her visit was hosted by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pompe-Alama. In the local colloquium, Lena presented some recent work on mechanistic explanations and scientific discovery to philosophers and experts in the history of science and technology. The core idea of Lena’s discovery account is […]
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Kevin Baum presents at Ergosign
On November 15, Kevin Baum and Eva Schmidt paid a visit to Ergosign, a company focused on designing software applications in a user-friendly way (based in Saarbrücken, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, and Zurich). EIS strives to develop a framework that tells us what explanations users and affected parties need, and in which context, to gain […]
For Otherwise We Don’t Know What They Are Doing: Why AI Systems Need to Be Explainable
Intelligent systems increasingly support or take over human decisions. This development influences all areas of human life: Intelligent systems recommend new shows on streaming portals, support online searches by giving recommendations, automatically screen thousands of applicants, predict crime, or support medical diagnosis. Systems support human decision-making and work tasks by filtering and analyzing information, providing […]