{"id":101712,"date":"2024-06-03T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/?p=101712"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T13:46:21","slug":"call-for-papers-public-interest-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/call-for-papers-public-interest-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: 2nd Workshop on \u2018Public Interest AI\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) will co-host a workshop at the 47th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Berlin, Germany. We look forward to your submission by 12 July, 2024.  The workshop focuses on the rapidly growing number of AI projects aimed at serving the public interest or common good, addressing the challenges in transparency around their execution and impact in areas like health, mobility, and justice systems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Workshop on \u2018Public Interest AI\u2019
<\/strong>23 September 2024,
Co-located with the 47th German Conference on AI<\/a> (KI 2024)
Julius-Maximilians Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg, Germany
Theresa Z\u00fcger & Hadi Asghari<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the event page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aim and Scope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The number of AI projects aiming to serve the common good or a public interest is increasing rapidly. But often, the information on these projects, their initiators, funders, methods, and objectives is not transparent, hindering the goal of serving the public. Many AI applications touch upon areas that impact the public well-being, such as public health, mobility, and justice systems. In this interdisciplinary workshop, we will connect public interest theory to the debate about AI projects and foster exchange amongst existing projects that use AI to serve the public interest to explore common challenges, methods, and standards.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop builds upon the lively discussions we had in the KI2023 edition<\/a>. This includes discussing the concept of public interest AI and bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field. The aim is to host a discussion on the criteria, necessary processes, and societal conditions for AI systems to serve the public interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motivation to use AI for a common good is claimed widely. Aside from the popularity of the claim, the qualities that stand for the common good or public interest of AI are rather fuzzy. From a research perspective, the lack of empirical data to analyze what kind of criteria and which actors define AI in the public interest is problematic. We hope this workshop can contribute to an exchange of recent empirical and conceptual research findings in this area and spark a discussion on public interest AI and the economic, organizational, and technological conditions underpinning its success and sustainable impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop addresses AI from an interdisciplinary perspective bringing the goal of serving public interest to the forefront. We encourage submissions that report on work in progress, case studies, tools, or present a synthesis of empirical insights on AI for the public interest. Topics of interest can touch upon the following list and need to also include an explicit public interest discussion: <\/p>\n\n\n\n