Klaus Staudacher
Researcher "Digital Humanism", bidt
Klaus Staudacher is a Researcher at the bidt. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy (Philosophy, French and International Law) and has worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the chair of Philosophy and Political Theory (Prof. J. Nida-Rümelin), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, along with other chairs of practical philosophy. His main research interests comprise issues of moral responsibility in AI systems and more generally ethical questions to do with digital transformation.
Digital humanism
The project aims to contribute to ensuring that the process of digital transformation in Bavaria and Europe is aligned with human needs and ethical values in the spirit of the core ideas of humanist philosophy and practice.
Digital Humanism: “We do not create human beings – machines are our tools”
Julian Nida-Rümelin and Klaus Staudacher explain in an interview what is behind the term digital humanism and why research can provide important impulses here around human-machine interaction.
DIGHUM-Lectures: Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on ChatGPT and a possible new online world
The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DigHum Lecture Series.
DIGHUM-Lectures: On Chat-GPT
The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DigHum Lecture Series.
DIGHUM-Lectures: Seize the Means of Computation
The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DigHum Lecture Series.
DIGHUM-Lectures: Abstracted power and responsibility
The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DigHum Lecture Series.
On the relation of legislation and ethics in digitalisation
The project undertakes an ethical and legal assessment of legal policy projects in the field of digitalisation.
Philosophical Reflections on AI Responsibility: A Rejection of the Concept of the E-Person
Who is responsible if damage occurs through the use of artificial intelligence? Can machines take responsibility at all? This working paper aims to show that responsibility requires a degree of reason, freedom and autonomy…