Algorithms: Talking about the automation of the world

How does artificial intelligence change the world, who controls the algorithms? The AlgorithmWatch initiative wants to be the voice of civil society in the debate.

Algorithms: Talking about the automation of the world
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    It is not exactly einSelbstläufer to build a zivilgesellschaftlicheOrganisation in Germany that deals with technological change. The digital society can sing a song of it, socialisation Digital Courage (formerly FoeBuD), Society FürFreiheitsrechte GFF or even iRights.info. The interest DerÖffentlichkeit to be able to speak when it comes to network policy, data protection, surveillance and copyright is re, not just boundless. The "Hobby Lobby" with "maybe 30,000 people" called Sascha Lobo scene once.

    Since 2016 re is mitAlgorithmWatcheine or non-profit organization dedicated to a part of digitisation: AlgorithmischenEntscheidungsfindung (algorithmic decision making, ADM), i.e. evaluation of people in world of work, justice, Lending and areas through algorithms and self-learning programs.

    DieTechnik makes rapid progress – not least through huge investments of American and Chinese companies in Erforschungsogenannter of Artificial Intelligence (KI). KonkreteIdeen, how it would have to be regulated in order to prevent a world vollerunfairer, opaque and indisputable decisions VonMaschinen, re are so far only a few. AlgorithmWatchwill you are developing, alsVertreter Zivilgesellschaft.Im Manifesto of initiative with a somewhat bumpy name means: "That ADM processes are derjenigenentzogen look that y are concerned with, no Naturgesetz.Es has to change."

    Sponsored by Bertelsmann Foundation

    Nochbesteht AlgorithmWatchim essentially consists of four persons: DemJournalisten and IRights.info-co-founder MatthiasSpielkamp, Deup Internet Governance and data protection specialist ForscherinLorena Jaume-Palasí, data journalist LorenzMatzat and Computer science professor Katharina Zweig of TUKaiserslautern. (Disclosure: Palasí are Fellowsdes Bucerius Labs, an initiative of Time Foundation.) But in near future, nonprofit GmbH is to be professionelleraufgestellt, with a branch office in Berlin-Mitte, management, a fundraising officer and Coexpert for algorithms, which dieVor public and disadvantages of ADMerklären. Responsibly 200,000 euros from Bertelsmann Foundation for construction of se structures.

    The Foundation has a eigenesProjektzur "participation in a digitised world", which includes, among or things, Umgangmit Adm. One of project managers is RalphMüller-Eiselt. Talking to time online he says: "DieDigitalisierung can lead to significantly more if it runs silly, but auchzu significantly less chances of justice. We want to give an impetus to a more active civil society. Currently, DieDebatte is dominated by vested interests from economy. " AlgorithmWatch is supposed to be a kind of counterweight. "Our common goal is for AlgorithmWatch to develop a viable and sustainable structure in medium term, which will work without Bertelsmann Foundation."

    "Independent Guardian about use of algorithms"

    Müller-Eiselt trusts derOrganisation to become "an independent guard over use of VonAlgorithmen". This sounds a bit like jenemAlgorithmen-TÜV, which in addition to federal Justizminister Heiko Maas AuchVerbraucherschützer and big data expert ViktorMayer-Schönberger have been calling for years.

    addressed to it, BleibtSpielkamp cautiously: "We shy away from term. On one hand, analogy ichfinde good because TÜV sits on a rechtlichenRegulierung. If motorists were not forced to go zumTÜV, no one would do so. The TÜV has dannwiederum technical competence. On or hand, we believe that it is fürunrealistisch to have an institution review algorithmic systems for completely different areas of application. "

    Date Of Update: 08 December 2017, 12:03
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