Our tendency to delegate responsibilities to machines (self-driving
cars, algorithmic trading, military drones, autonomous surveillance
systems, etc.) leads to pressing questions that call for answers from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Computer scientists can contribute by
studying how to design responsible AI, but they first need to know
exactly what is meant by that. Philosophers may be able to tell them
what responsibility is, but may find it hard to operationalise their
insights in such fundamental topics as action, freedom, ethics, norms,
and reasons. And that is where legal theorists may be of help, as they
are used to think about the relation between abstract notions like
fairness, justice, duty, excuse, complicity, causality and their
concrete reflections in the rules of law.

On April 18-19 2016, we organise an interdisciplinary workshop where we
bring together researchers from Philosophy, Computer Science and Legal
Theory to exchange views on the subject of responsible intelligent systems.

The list of speakers includes:
• Thomas Agotnes, Bergen, Norway, Information Science
• Bruce Chapman, Toronto, Canada, Legal Theory and Philosophy
• Michael Fisher, Liverpool, UK, Computer Science
• John Horty, Maryland, US, Philosophy and Computer Science
• Thomas Müller, Konstanz, Germany, Philosophy
• Ugo Pagallo, Turin, Italy, Legal Theory and Computer Science
• Henry Prakken, Groningen en Utrecht, Netherlands, Computer Science
and Legal Theory
• Giovanni Sartor, European University Institute Florence, Italy,
Legal Theory and Computer Science
• Marek Sergot, Imperial College London, UK, Computer Science
• Marija Slavkovik, Bergen, Norway, Computer Science

Attendance is free and open to all academics. To enable us to estimate
how much coffee and sandwiches we have to order, we would be happy if
you let us know if you plan to come by sending an email to
H.W.A.Duijf@uu.nl with the subject “Attendance REINS workshop”. Please
mention your name and affiliation so that we can make a name tag for you
to wear at the workshop.

Venue: Boothstraat 7, Utrecht, Kerkzaal

Details on the exact program will be posted on the website soon:
http://www.projects.science.uu.nl/reins/?tribe_events=responsible-intelligent-systems-in-perspective-where-computer-science-philosophy-and-legal-theory-meet

-Jan Broersen, Hein Duijf, Jesse Mulder

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