Artificial Decision-Making / 3rd - 5th February 2022

03.02.2022, 09:00 → 05.02.2022, 20:00 Europe/Berlin

Münster

Second COVID-Update

We have had to change the mode of the conference once more. We are sorry that under the given pandemic situation, we will not be able to welcome you in Münster in person. The meeting will now take place fully virtually - via ZOOM.

We are hoping that we can nevertheless create a pleasant atmosphere with a lively, fruitful discussion. For this purpose, we would like to ask you to keep your cameras switched on as much as possible during the sessions.

All registered participants will recieve the necessary ZOOM-links on the day before the conference.

 

Approach and Subject Areas

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and decisions made or prepared by AI, are among the greatest challenges of our time. Artificial decision-making is already fundamentally shaping our lives as well as changing our understanding of the world, our perception of each other, and our ways of communication, interaction, and exchange. These developments present challenges not only for law and legal science but also for many other sciences that must address both the potential and the risks inherent in artificial decision-making. An interdisciplinary academic debate about its social and legal impact is urgently needed to prepare the ground for our future with AI.

We have identified three separate, but interlaced, meta topics which may help to foster a fruitful interdisciplinary debate about AI: autonomy, responsibility, and control. Under these meta topics, we will discuss a variety of questions that bear relevance not only to law but also to philosophy, sociology, politics, theology, economics, and computer science. At the same time, the differing disciplinary perspectives will deepen our understanding of the legal questions arising from artificial decision-making.

 

Contact

For further information please email: aiconference@exchange.wwu.de

Contact persons at WWU:
Stefan Arnold, Matthias Casper, Bettina Heiderhoff, Petra Pohlmann

 

The conference is free of charge.

Flyer and Programme

ZOOM-Links AI-Conference

Donnerstag, 3. Februar

10:00 → 11:00 Benjamin Risse (University of Münster): Autonomy versus Automation: From "AI" to Algorithmization of Decisions

11:00 → 12:00 Visa Kurki (University of Helsinki): Analytic jurisprudence and the question of AI legal personhood

12:00 → 12:15 Coffee break

12:15 → 13:15 Sylvie Delacroix (Birmingham University): From Bottom-up Data Empowerment Tools to "Ensemble Contestability": When Autonomous Agency is Understood as a Capability

Diachronic interpretability and machine learning systems

14:30 → 16:30 AI and Markets – Petra Pohlmann/Bernd Holznagel, critical friends Daniel Zimmer, Prof. Karl-E. Hain, Universität Köln

14:30: Introduction (Bernd Holznagel / Petra Pohlmann)
14:40: AI as a market player – Presentation by Petra Pohlmann
14:50: Statement by Daniel Zimmer
15:00: Discussion
15:20: Intermediaries in media markets – Presentation by Bernd Holznagel
15:35: Statement by Karl-Eberhard Hain
15:50: Intermediaries in media markets – Presentation by Petra Pohlmann
15:55: Statement by Daniel Zimmer
16:00: Discussion
16.25: Final remarks (Bernd Holznagel / Petra Pohlmann)

14:30 → 16:30 Anthropocentric Principles and AI – Stefan Arnold/Matthias Casper/Dominik Schäfers/Stefan Harmeling/Anne Käfer/Benjamin Risse, critical friends Sylvie Delacroix, Thomas Riehm, Antonio Krüger

The workshop will discuss a draft paper on Anthropocentric Principles and AI.

Introduction to the draft paper: Stefan Arnold, Matthias Casper, Stefan Harmeling, Anne Käfer, Benjamin Risse, Dominik Schäfers

Comments by critical friends: Sylvie Delacroix, Antonio Krüger, Thomas Riehm

Open discussion

Working paper

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 19:00 AI in Court Proceedings (Criminal Law) – Michael Heghmanns/Frank Zimmermann , critical friends Eric Hilgendorf, Marc Engelhart, Dominik Brodowski

I. Künstliche Intelligenz in polizeilichen und in Strafverhafren, insb. bei der Erstellung von Kriminalprognosen (Artificial intelligence in police and criminal proceedings, especially in the field of criminal prognoses)

1. Michael Heghmanns: Überblick und rechtliche Probleme des Einsatzes von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Rahmen richterlicher Kriminalprognosen (Overview and legal problems of the use of artificial intelligence in the context of judicial criminal prognoses.)

2. Guido Hertel/Simon Eisbach: Psychologische Aspekte - Valide Konstruktion und vertrauenswürdige Darstellung von KI-Systemen zur Unterstützung von richterlichen Kriminalprognosen (Psychological aspects - Valid construction and trustworthy display of AI-systems supporting judicial criminial prognoses)

3. Marc Engelhart: Der Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz bei der Strafzumessung (Artificial Intelligence in Sentencing)

II. Artificial Intelligence in International Criminal Justice (Künstliche Intelligenz in der Strafrechtspflege)

1. Frank Zimmermann: The potential of Artificial Intelligence to improve the level of legal protection in criminal justice – the example of transnational criminal proceedings (Das Potenzial Künstlicher Intelligenz zur Verbesserung des Rechtsschutzniveaus in der Strafjustiz – am Beispiel transnationaler Strafverfahren)

2. Dominik Brodowski: Artificial Intelligence in European institutions of criminal justice (Künstliche Intelligenz in Institutionen der europäischen Strafjustiz)

17:00 → 19:00 AI in Court Proceedings (Private Law) – Bettina Heiderhoff/Alexander Scheuch/Stefan Arnold/Gerald Mäsch, critical friends Caroline Meller-Hannich, Christian Heinze, Christopher Markou

Short presentations (approx. 15 minutes each):
Heiderhoff, Bettina
Advantages and disadvantages of artificial decision-making in civil procedure; AI decisions in summary proceedings

Scheuch, Alexander
Artificial decision-making in arbitration proceedings

Remarks (approx. 5-10 minutes each):
Christopher Markou
Caroline Meller-Hannich
Christian Heinze

Discussion

Freitag, 4. Februar

10:00 → 11:00 Stefan Harmeling (University of Düsseldorf): "I am sorry Dave, I am afraid I can‘t do that." — Is it responsible to give responsibility to machines?

11:00 → 12:00 Sven Nyholm (Utrecht University): Rethinking Responsibility: Praise, Blame and Artificial Intelligence

12:00 → 12:15 Coffee break

12:15 → 13:15 Michael Veale (University College London): Regulating AI in Encrypted Ecosystems

14:30 → 16:30 Online Harms Reduction/Hate Speech – Bernd Holznagel/Nora Markard/Judit Bayer

14:30 → 16:30 Smart Contracts – Matthias Casper/Dominik Schäfers, critical friend Florian Möslein

14.30: Begrüßung Prof. Dr. Matthias Casper
14.35: Die Materialisierung von Smart Contracts - Prof. Dr. Florian Möslein
15.05: Smart Contracts und Privatversicherungsrecht - PD Dr. Dominik Schäfers, LL.M.
15.35: Diskussion - Leitung: Prof. Dr. Matthias Casper
16.30: Ende des Workshops

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 19:00 Artificial Intelligence meets Sustainability: Challenges for Responsibility and Control – Sabine Schlacke/Frank Zimmermann, critical friend Mario Martini, Michael Kolain (in Gernan language)

Presentation: AI meets Sustainability: Challenges for Responsibility and Control (ca. 30 min.)
Prof. Dr. Mario Martini, Universität Speyer/Michael Kolain, Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung

Statements:
The Environmental Law Perspective
Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlacke, Universität Greifswald (ca. 10 min.)

The Criminal Law Perspective
Prof. Dr. Frank Zimmermann, Universität Münster (ca. 10 min.)

Coffee Break (10 min.)

Discussion (60 min.)

17:00 → 19:00 Constructing Liability for AI – Bettina Heiderhoff/Sebastian Lohsse/Alexander Scheuch, critical friends Piotr Machnikowski, Christian Heinze

Opening Statements (15 min. each):
Sebastian Lohsse
Liability for AI - the prinicipal and its assistant?

Bettina Heiderhoff
How can responsibility be allocated appropriately to the different actors

Critical remarks (approx. 5 min. each):
Christian Heinze
Piotr Machnikowski

Samstag, 5. Februar

10:00 → 11:00 Wojciech Samek (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute): Farewell to the blackbox, welcome to transparent and certified AI

Explaining Deep Neural Networks and Beyond: A Review of Methods and Applications

11:00 → 12:00 Madalina Busuioc (Leiden University): Accountable AI in the Public Sector

12:00 → 12:15 Coffee Break

12:15 → 13:15 Nadja Braun Binder (University of Basel): Control of Government Use of Algorithms — the Example of Switzerland

14:30 → 16:30 Algorithmic Accountability in Public Administration – Joachim Englisch/Sabine Schlacke, critical friends Madalina Busuioc, Nadja Braun Binder, Kai Härmand

Welcome/Introduction

1) Scoping the issue: Status Qou and emerging trends of algorithmic administration - What kind of algorithms/AI are employed in the public sector and why?
The Estonian example: Kai Härmand (10 min.)
The Swiss example: Nadja Braun Binder (10 min.)
Discussion (10 min.)

2) Why we need accountability: The risks of using AI in the public sector
Why does the use of AI in the public sector risk to undermine public administration standards and decision-making): Joachim Englisch (10 min.)
Discussion

3) The current accountability gap, and emerging and future solutions
How are traditional ex-ante and ex-post accountability mechanisms challenged by AI decision making or AI-assisted decision making? What could be possible remedies and safeguards to ensure an adequate trade-off between administrative efficiency and accountability?: Madalina Busuioc (15 min)
Discussion, including an appraisal of the EU Commission's draft AI regulation (35 min)

4) Wrapping up and way forward - Sabine Schlacke and Joachim Englisch

14:30 → 16:30 Data Patent Law – Thomas Hoeren/Franziska Boehm, critical friend Herbert Burkert (in German language)

Presentation: Text und Data Mining als Teilgebiet künstlicher Intelligenz
Dr. Henning Brockmeyer, Rechtsanwalt, BRANDI Rechtsanwälte
Discussion

Presentation: Der EU Data Act im Informationszugangsrecht
Julian Große-Ophoff, Universität Münster
Discussion

Presentation: Die Rechtsinhaberschaft im Geschäftsgeheimnisnutzungsrecht
Klaus Palenberg, Universität Münster
Discussion

14:30 → 16:30 Financial Markets and AI – Matthias Casper/Petra Pohlmann, critical friends Mirko Kraft, Gerhard Stahl, Oliver Brand

14:30: Introduction (Petra Pohlmann, Matthias Casper)
14:35: Presentation by Petra Pohlmann, Artificial Intelligence, bias and insunrance - aspects of contract law and supervisory law
14:50: Statements by Oliver Brand, Mirko Kraft and Gerhard Stahl
15:20: Discussion
15:30: Presentation by Matthias Casper, Regulatory aspects of Robo Advice and AI-driven trading
15:55: Statement Rüdiger Veil and (if possible) Florian Möslein
16:00: Discussion
16:20: Discussion of feasible further projects

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 → 19:00 Cyber Surveillance – Klaus Boers/Marcus Schaerff with: Sarah Brayne University of Texas, Predict and Surveil. Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing; Huang He, CUPL Beijing, Digitized Surveillance in the PRC

17.00-17.30
Predict and Surveil
Sarah Brayne, University of Texas at Austin

17.30-17.55
Social Credit System in the People's Republic of China
HUANG He, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing

17.55-18.15
Selectivity and Social Control. Some Conceptional Thoughts Towards Social Control through Machine Learning Systems.
Klaus Boers & Marcus Schaerff, University of Münster

18.15-18.45
Discussion
Chair: Klaus Boers

17:00 → 19:00 Data Contract Law – Thomas Hoeren/Franziska Boehm critical friend Herbert Burkert (in German language)

Presentation: Function Creep und Datenschutz. Kritische Fragen an den Grundsatz der Zweckbundung
Andreas Bruns, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Discussion

Presentation: Zwei Konzepte von "Information" im Datenschutzrecht
Dr. Dara Hallinan, FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur
Discussion

Presentation: Harmonization under the GDPR
Dr. Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Discussion