Utopia(s) Conversations on Meaningful Technologies

A hybrid workshop organised by Raffaela Giovagnoli, Irena Mostowicz and Tomáš Sigmund in the framework of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI) biannual Summit 2025. It will take place in 4lthangrund, “Alte Mensa”, 1090 Vienna, on 2-3 June 2025.

Topic: https://gsis.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GNH-korr-pages2.pdf

Programme:

2 June, CEST

12:00-12:15 Opening words by Prof. Wolfgang Hofkirchner & Introduction by Dr. Irena Mostowicz (IN PERSON)

12:15-12:45 Prof. Kang Ouang “Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Perspective of Social Epistemology” (ONLINE)

12:45-13:15 Dr. Daniel Boyd “AI and the elderly” (IN PERSON)

13:15-13:45 Prof. Gordana Dodig Crnkovic “Autonomous robots ethical by design? Digital Humanism Perspective” (ONLINE)

13:45-14:15 Dr. Tomáš Sigmund “The Future of the Subject-Object Relationship in a World Full of AI: Subject Dominance, Non-Anthropocentric Society, or Pataphysics?” (IN PERSON)

Break

15:00-15:30 Prof. Raffaela Giovagnoli “Beyond Transhumanism and Posthumanism. AI as a Tool” (IN PERSON)

15:30-16:00 Prof. Lorenzo Magnani “The Future of Eco-Cognitive Settings Computationally or Humanly Tailored? ” (ONLINE)

16:00-16:30 Dr. Martina R. Fröschl “Experience ecological data: A Piece of Systems Ecology“ (IN PERSON)

3 June, CEST

13:00-13:30 Prof. Liang Wang  “Should social robots be considered moral patients?” (ONLINE)

13:30-14:00 Dr. Irena Mostowicz “Chat GPT is our everything: how AI changes our everyday life habits. Real life examples and challenges” (IN PERSON)

14:00-14:30 Dr.habil. Yuriy Myelkov “The place and role of humans in the age of Generative AI“ (IN PERSON)

14:30-15:00 Klaus Nigsch  “Rethinking Software Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (IN PERSON)

Break

15:15-15:45 Dr. Assimina Koukou “On the use of Artificial Intelligence in journalism: opportunities and challenges” (IN PERSON)

15:45-16:15 Dr. Anna Hennessey “Pregnant Robots, Birth Simulators, Artificial Wombs, and Soul Machines: AI and the Emerging Social Ontologies and Technologies in the Delivery Room” (ONLINE)

16:20-17:00 Mel E. Logan, “The battle between prompts and nobs” Lecture performance (LIVE)

Join Zoom Meeting for day 2 June, 12:00 CEST:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89365481180?pwd=Tvdn2FL8LaTgbXTmTSeBTIUzbbWN4O.1
Meeting ID: 893 6548 1180
Passcode: 915731
for day 3 June, 13:00 CEST:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88968295981?pwd=tcbCZbiTGO29LyDAKTOFz6fZiKm8Wa.1
Meeting ID: 889 6829 5981
Passcode: 282748

If you intend to join us in-person, pls, inform us in advance by mail to office@gsis.at.

This event is subsidised by

Updated 19 May 2025