Ethical and Legal Aspects on Human-Technology Interoperability and AI Processing of Emotional Data

Scope and aims

• To engage into thorough discussions amongst scholars from different disciplines on legal and ethical considerations concerning the introduction of sensitive human-related technologies, as AI and Biotech applications
• To discuss regulations and ethical guidelines concerning intrusive technologies and related to the interaction between human actors, AI and industry concerning the use of sensitive bio-related and emotional data.
• To question whether empathy and privacy are essential in human and human–AI industry relations and society in general and whether and to what extent such can it be regulated.

Programme

10.00–10.10 Welcome / Dean of the Law Faculty

10.10–10.40 Introduction, Emotional data and AI, a legal Enigma? / Rosa Ballardini & Rob van den Hoven van Genderen (ULap)

10.40–11.10 When AI gets emotional, does the GDPR apply? / Arno Lodder (Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam)

11.10–11.40 A Duty of Loyalty for Emotion Data / Woodrow Hartzog (Uni Boston)

11.40–12.00 Reflections on morning session / Olli Pitkänen (ULap)

12.00–13.00 Lunch break

13.00–13.15 Socio-Digital Vulnerability: When Machines Take Advantage / Ryan Calo (University of Washington) (video)

13.15–13.45 Talking to strangers. On people-machine communication and the automated detection of online solicitation of children/ Hingh, A.E. de (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

13.45–14.15 Damage caused by Emotional AI – Do existing and planned liability rules provide sufficient protection? / Béatrice Schütte (Ulap)

14.15–14.45 Coffee break

14.45–15.30 Panel discussion: ‘Are empathy and privacy  essential in human and human- AI Industry relations and society in general? Can it be regulated?’
Panelists: Arno Lodder, Hingh, A.E. de, Woodrow Hartzog, Béatrice Schütte
Moderator: Rob van den Hoven van Genderen

Closing

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Registration

Please sign up by sending an e-mail to beatrice.schutte@helsinki.fi mentioning ’June conference’ and whether you would like to participate physically on-site or online.
For on-site participation, the registration deadline is Monday, 22 May 2023.
Online participants can register until Friday, 2 June 2023.

Information for students

Students can gain 1 ECTS (either under the general optional studies, Code ONVAL9999 or OTMVAL9999, or in the course TBC) by attending the entire event and submitting a learning diary. The learning diary should summarise one key issue learned during the seminar. It should be around 5 pages (Times New Roman, 12) in length. It shall be sent to Rosa Ballardini (rosa.ballardini@ulapland.fi) and Rob van den Hoven van Genderen (rob.vandenhovenvangenderen@switchlegal.nl) by TBC.