At this Leibniz Media Lunch Talk we welcome Daniel Busche, research assistant at the Chair of Public Law at the University of Düsseldorf. In his presentation, he will talk about "Staatliche Verantwortung beim Einsatz intransparenter Algorithmen" [State Responsibility in the Use of Non-Transparent Algorithms].
Dr. Tobias Mast will provide the introduction. The lecture will be held in German.
When?
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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About the Talk
Complex algorithms are commonly perceived by the public as a non-transparent "black box". This perception gives rise to the fear that the sovereign use of algorithms is accompanied by a loss of human influence and that humans become mere objects of algorithmically controlled decisions. In contrast, this presentation shows that the importance of transparency even in the sovereign use of algorithms tends to be overestimated. Other technical possibilities should be considered in order to guarantee the reliable functioning of such algorithms. It should also be remembered that human decision-making as a standard of comparison is itself characterised by intransparency.
About our Guest
Daniel Busche studied law in Münster and Lisbon as a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes – German Academic Scholarship Foundation. After successfully completing his first state examination at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, he completed his legal traineeship at the German Embassy in Washington DC, at Noerr LLP in Düsseldorf and at the Federal Constitutional Court. He currently works as a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law (Professor Dr Lothar Michael) in Düsseldorf and supervises the accompanying course "Rechtsfragen der künstlichen Intelligenz" [Legal Issues of Artificial Intelligence]. He is also a member of the Heinrich Heine Center for Artificial Intelligence. His doctorate, which is about to be completed, is funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes – German Academic Scholarship Foundation and deals with questions of administrative automation at the interface of law and technology.
