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Workshop #1 : The (Un-)Sustainability of AI: Philosophical Debates and Industrial Practices

March 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

About this Workshop

This workshop brings together scholars to examine the normative core of sustainability in AI, interrogating threshold concepts, efficiency cultures, and the promises and limits of innovation. Through three focused talks, it offers a critical forum for assessing how contemporary industrial practices and philosophical debates shape the possibilities of a just technological future.

Schedule

13:00-13:15  – Welcome

13:15–14:00 – Hendrik Kempt (RWTH Aachen)  – Sustainability as a Threshold Concept

14:00–14:45 – Federica Lucivero (Oxford) –  The Culture of Efficiency in the Context of Green AI Solutions​

​14:45–15:00 – Break

15:00–15:45 – Srinjoy Mitra (Edinburgh) Challenging Techno-Solutionism: The Role of AI Innovation and the Value of Technological Growth​

15:45–16:30 – Concluding discussion

16:30 – End of event

Details

Organizers

  • Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Heilinger
  • Dr. Hendrik Kempt