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We inhabit a world where an extensive array of algorithmic tools is employed to incentivize, regulate, guide, and manipulate human behavior. Whether it is mapping out a route using Google Maps, tracking workouts and sleep patterns with a FitBit, or perusing film and book selections on platforms like Amazon or Netflix, it is hard to escape the influence of these algorithmic tools. Their widespread use raises crucial ethical questions.
This seminar focuses on the moral philosophical repercussions of these algorithmic tools on our day-to-day personal activities. What happens when we delegate or share numerous daily tasks and objectives with digital assistants and other algorithmic tools? More specifically, how does this impact our autonomy and freedom of choice? Algorithmic tools shape our choice environments by pre-filtering and highlighting options; they send reminders or incentives, and at times, they may even make decisions on our behalf. Does this pose a substantial new technological threat to individual autonomy? Another central question concerns their impact on our moral or intellectual abilities. While some delegation to technologies might make us more efficient in moral or cognitive terms, it has been argued that excessive reliance on algorithms threatens to undermine our (intellectual) virtue development and leads to deskilling. In this seminar, we will address these and related issues while also keeping an eye on the positive potential of algorithmic outsourcing.

Semester: SoSe 2024
Selbsteinschreibung (Teilnehmer/in)
Selbsteinschreibung (Teilnehmer/in)