Ethics and Computational Systems
Lorena Jaume-Palasí
October 27, 2021 / 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
EAI Distinguished Lecturer Series
Disciplines within the field of computer science are addressing ethical problems through the lens of design justice, machine bias and fairness. These approaches have been key in fueling a relevant discussion about the social impact of technology within these fields. At the same time, they reduce justice, bias and fairness to mathematical issues and misconceive ethics as a discipline -leaving many aspects out of consideration. The lecture will illustrate with concrete cases why these approaches to ethics are too narrow to offer the adequate frame to address moral conflicts within technology.
Biography
Lorena Jaume-Palasí is a consultant and scientist. In this role, she moves in the field of tension between digital technology and ethics. As an expert, Lorena Jaume-Palasí works for the European Parliament and the European Commission, and the government of her home country Spain appointed her to the National Council on Artificial Intelligence. She is currently involved in the nonprofit organization she founded, The Ethical Tech Society. There, she explores the question of how ethics and legal philosophy can be reconciled with digitization. As a co-founder of the AlgorithmWatch initiative, the native Spaniard received the Theodor Heuss Medal in 2018 “for her contribution to a differentiated view of algorithms and their mechanisms of action.”