Young Academy Lecture: AI & Democracy

17 July 2025

This features two images, the background image is a road with a zebra crossing. Overlaid is an image of a typical street with buildings either side and cars lined up on the side of the street. The whole image has a purple filter and a pixel effect.

Photo: Elise Racine / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, cropped

This YAF lecture explores how the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools influences society at large, public discourse, and what regulatory measures or other societal adaptations are necessary to sustain a democratic society. Following the two keynote talks by Prof. Dr. Judith Simon and Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter (University of Oxford & Hasso Plattner Institut), there will be a moderated discussion. Participation is free but registration is required.

Democracy and AI

17. July 2025 | 18:15 CEST | Hamburg
Event information and registration: https://www.awhamburg.de/veranstaltungen/aktuelle-termine/detail/democracy-and-ai.html

Talk: Prof. Dr. Judith Simon | Professor for Ethics in Information Technology, Universität Hamburg
Dis/Trusting Generative AI? Assessing four types of deception through Generative AI

Talk: Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter | Professor of Technology and Regulation, University of Oxford & Hasso Plattner Institute
Do large language models have a legal duty to tell the truth?