AI for Everyone? Promoting Participation, Shaping the Future - Interdisciplinary Approaches from Computational Linguistics, Pedagogy and Philosophy

At the Diversity Evening 2024, Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity, invited numerous LMU members and interested guests to discuss the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of inclusion and participation. Prof. Barbara Plank, Prof. Peter Zentel and Dr. Benjamin Lange joined Vice President Biagini to shed light on the potential and risks involved.

The event emphasized the importance of science in shaping a more inclusive future and demonstrated the LMU community's commitment to negotiating and shaping technological progress in this sense.

Pianist Quirin Vogel accompanied the evening musically with his improvisations on the grand piano.

We look forward to further events and a continuation of this stimulating format.

View of the Seidlvilla from the garden.

Program booklet for the event with the initiative's logo in the background.

Pianist and LMU member Quirin Vogel at the piano. He provided an atmospheric musical backdrop with his improvisations.

VP Biagini and Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank begin the evening with a discussion on personal and scientific references to the evening's topic. After a musical interlude, the discussion continued with the other panel guests on the further significance of AI for inclusion and participation.

VP Biagini and her three guests Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank, Prof. Dr. Peter Zentel and Dr. Benjamin Lange (from left to right) discuss their respective research focuses in an intensive and exciting conversation and shed light on the opportunities and risks that the use of AI brings and could bring in terms of inclusion and participation from various perspectives.

Prof. Dr. Peter Zentel and Dr. Benjamin Lange in conversation. Following the panel discussion, the audience had the opportunity to ask questions to the guests on the podium.

After the panel discussion, the guests of the evening used the beautiful terrace of the Seidlvilla for further discussions - in the spirit of Belonging@LMU!

Review of the Diversity Evening 2023

The Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity, Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini, invited the LMU community to a Diversity Evening at the Seidvilla in Munich. The guest speaker was award-winning author and LMU alumnus Ilija Trojanow. The participants listened to an exciting conversation about finding identity and belonging and gained personal insights into Trojanow's life.

Review Diversity Initiative 2023 (German)

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