Human-centered AI is currently one of the big buzzwords in many ethical and legal debates, but also in important policy documents. Almost every page of the major AI companies also contains a note that AI must be human-centered. However, what exactly is meant by this varies widely and sometimes differs fundamentally. In the lunch talk, I will give a brief overview of current approaches and concepts of human-centered AI. Against this background, we will look at possible objections and alternatives to the concept and venture a brief outlook on the consequences for the design of future AI governance.

Matthias Braun is Professor of Ethics and leads the Department of Social Ethics at the University of Bonn. In addition, he is also a Research Associate at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on questions of political ethics, ethical and governance-related challenges of new technologies, as well as questions of justice and solidarity. He has won several international prizes, among them are a research prize from the European Research Council and a Falling Walls Award in the category of Social Science and Humanities. He works in several research consortia in an interdisciplinary manner with national and international researchers and serves on several policy boards (eg. UN, UNESCO, European Commission)