Dr. Curtis Runstedler will give two lectures at IBA Karachi (8–13 Sept). His IRIS lecture applies a posthuman feminist lens to sex robots and artificial intimacy in speculative fiction, based on a new article co-authored with Dr. Sercan Hamza Bağlama, currently under review.

Generative AI raises ethical questions? Dr. Hagendorff, research group leader at IRIS3D, has taken this question seriously and systematically. With his interactive Ethics Tree, he has created one of the most comprehensive overviews of ethical problem areas in generative AI: lnkd.in/ebzZYaU7

At IRIS, we see Public Engagement not as an extra, but as a central part of interdisciplinary AI research.
In this short film, we share a glimpse into our approach.

The IRIS Summer Symposium 2025 is live! Join us at Uni Stuttgart to explore AI & society: from ethics of generative AI to human-AI teaming, digital psychology & public engagement. Still time to join! Info: [https://www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de/event/IRIS-Summer-Symposium/) #IRISStuttgart #AIandSociety

Now, Thilo Hagendorff presents his work on the Ethics of Generative AI. Check out his most comprehensive mapping of ethics issues, comprising more than 300 issues thilo-hagendorff.github.io/ethics-tree/...

@unistuttgartiris.bsky.social presents its work to our wonderful advisory board - @vdignum.bsky.social, Bob Williamson, and Jens Birkholzer. @csindermann.bsky.social gave a great about the biases of people when seeking information from large-language models.

Join us for the next IRIS Insights on June 26 at 2 PM (CEST)! Prof. Monilola Olayioye will talk about “Tumors in Dishes” & how lab-grown tumor models help advance personalized cancer therapy.
Webex link: unistuttgart.webex.com/unistuttgart...

We like to highlight the following event:
Engineering Safe Systems with AI
June 5, 2025, 15:45, Room U32.101, Universitätsstr. 32
Dr. Reinhard Stolle (Fraunhofer IKS) on how to engineer safe AI-enabled systems without compromising innovation.

Join us for Brave Conversations: Stuttgart 2025 – July 5, 10:00–16:00 @Aquarium, Uni Stuttgart. Explore how tech shapes society in a day of dialogue, led by global and local facilitators. Free food & open to all. Register now: eveeno.com/270644239

SAVE THE DATE: 24. Mai, 13-19Uhr, Campus Vaihingen.

#TDW25: Einmal im Jahr öffnet die #UniStuttgart ihre Labortüren und zeigt euch ihre spannenden Forschungsthemen. Für alle Schülerinnen und Schüler gibt es gleichzeitig den #BachelorInfotag. Kommt vorbei.
Infos: www.uni-stuttgart.de/universitaet...

Baden-Württemberg has set up a postdoc program for researchers whose research is obstructed by politics if the project relates to an existing research focus.

If you are affected by researching AI and Simulation (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de) or Ethics and AI (www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de), DM me.

IRIS Insights I Nico Formanek: Are hyperparameters vibes?
April 24, 2025, 2:00 pm. This talk will discuss the role of hyperparameters in optimization methods for model selection (currently often called ML) from a philosophy of science point of view. lnkd.in/eJNiUQKV

New Publication: Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism
March 31, 2025
Milan Obaidi, Robin Bergh, Simon Ozer and our IRIS research group leader Cornelia Sindermann have published an article in the journal European Review of Social Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/1046...

We cordially invite all interested parties at the Universität Stuttgart to our IRIS Colloquium on March 26, at 2 p.m., in Room 101 at Universitätsstr. 32. Mara Seyfert will give her lecture, „Uncertainty and robustness against persuasion in large language models.“

On Febr. 27, 2025, 2:00-3:00pm, we are launching our new series IRIS Insights. Prof. Zamira Daw is our first guest. Everyone is cordially invited to this WebEx talk: "Human-AI Teaming in Cockpit Systems (HAITICS)". Please follow this link to join the talk:
lnkd.in/eU54Cw_h

🎺Join in May 2025 for this conference on "Measuring Culture with Computational Methods" that Agnieszka Faleńska (IRIS3D group leader @unistuttgart.bsky.social and Mark Wittek are organizing at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Abstract (max. 750 words) to [email protected]
Deadline: 01.03.25

Join us for this exciting double bill! We welcome bestselling author Alexander Weinstein ("Saying Goodbye to Yang") to the @unistuttgart.bsky.social for a film screening of "After Yang" on 16 April, and a creative writing workshop on 17 April. All are welcome, it is free to attend.

Esra Dönmez discussed on our latest IRIS colloquium LLMs' struggles with offensive language online, showing their failures in correct detection, over-reliance on profanity, and stereotype recognition.
#Colloquium
#AI
#LargeLanguageModels

Welcome to our Bluesky account! We said goodbye to X. From now on you can still find us on Mastodon, LinkedIn - and of course here. #unistuttgartiris