Dismantling AI Safety: Power, Intelligence, and Gender

In this seminar, Ninell Oldenburg from the Center for Philosophy of AI presents her preliminary PhD research on "AI Safety" and "AI Existential Risk" ideologies. She touches on three papers exploring: 1) sociotechnical imaginaries, 2) intelligence assumptions, and 3) gendered epistemologies in the AI Safety literature. Afterwards, two respondents and the audience provide feedback. The schedule is as follows:

Programme

10:00 Ninell's presentation
10:30 1st respondent Prof. Irina Shklovski, University of Copenhagen
11:00 2nd respondent Prof. David Berry, University of Sussex
11:30 Audience Feedback and Discussion
12:00 onwards Lunch

There will be lunch served for all registered participants.

Registration

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Registration closes on 23 April 2026.

Contact

Ninell Eva Maria Oldenburg