Michael Klenk @michaelklenk
Assistant Professor of Philosophy @TUDelft, #metaethics #epistemology #moralpsych #designforvalues #manipulation michael-klenk.com Munich, Bavaria Joined June 2009-
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New article out on algorithmic transparency and manipulation, link.springer.com/article/10.100…
🚀 Exciting news! Just published my article on the Ethics of Generative AI and Manipulation in Ethics & Information Technology📚🔗 Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #AiEthics #GenerativeAI #ethics
Algorithmic transparency and manipulation - new article out in Philosophy & Technology link.springer.com/article/10.100…
What a great week-long workshop on #Autonomy & #Manipulation at @lorentzcenter, organised by @michaelklenk, MagdaOsman, MatthiasUhl, @TomDobber Philosophers, psychologists, comm scientists, Computer sc., lawyers (including friends like @PaulNemitz) and economists in the room!…
📣 Generative AI promises automated influence at scale, which can be used for good but poses a significant manipulation risk. ⚠ Legal pressure against AI manipulation is mounting ❓ So, how can we design for non-manipulation? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
❗ PhD position in Ethics & Philosophy of Technology ❗👉 New digital tech is changing our epistemic environment rapidly 🔎 How does manipulative influence manifest itself? 🔎 What virtues should we cultivate? 🔎 How can we design for non-manipulation? shorturl.at/cgu18
After more than a year of preparation, we finally met for the Value Connection workshop @_knaw in Amsterdam. It's wonderful when an idea turns into reality, and people connect. Excited for the future of the Value Connection, and the ideas that we discussed re alignment problem!
After more than a year of preparation, we finally met for the Value Connection workshop @_knaw in Amsterdam. It's wonderful when an idea turns into reality, and people connect. Excited for the future of the Value Connection, and the ideas that we discussed re alignment problem!
Happy to be selected for the GSO Leadership Academy, and I look forward to meeting the other fellows!
Happy to be selected for the GSO Leadership Academy, and I look forward to meeting the other fellows!
Thanks for having me, @andrewaberdein and Kat Stevens!
Thanks for having me, @andrewaberdein and Kat Stevens!
📅 One week to go! ⭐️ The next Ethics of Argument talk will be “Manipulation, Inquiry and Indifference” by Michael Klenk (@michaelklenk), Delft University of Technology, February 3rd 2023 1PM ET. 🔖 Details & registration: argnet.org/ethics-of-arg-…
Interested in pursuing a PhD in the Philosophy of Digital Technology? Come work with us at the Delft Digital Ethics Centre & TU Delft | Technology, Policy and Management. Please share widely! tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/…
New podcast! - Episode 101 - Pistols, Pills, Pork and Ploughs: How Technology Changes Morality with @HopsterJeroen discussing his joint work with @Lilyfrank16 @michaelklenk and others (if you can find them on twitter please let me know) …ilosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2022/11/101-pi…
The Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences funded my proposal to set-up the #ValueConnection, an interdisciplinary group of scholars to investigate value alignment in technology design; workshop to be held in March at the Academy in Amsterdam. @_knaw
Good times, learning even in the hallways of thefutureofmorality.org, with @michaelklenk, @ProfSteveFuller, @webmasterdave, and @nideshlawtoo #transhumanism #bioethics
Registration is open for our (hybrid) workshop on Collectives and AI Systems, with Prof Christian List and Dr Hein Duijf. @TUDelft_AI philevents.org/event/show/102…
My contributor copy of The Philosophy of Online Manipulation (eds. @fleurjongepier & @michaelklenk) has arrived 🤗 The whole book is open access online: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/… #onlinemanipulation
Just published: Study 'Ethical & societal challenges of the approaching technological storm' 👉europa.eu/!MtBpDY @TristandeWildt @hoven_j @tudelft #STOA #responsibleinnovation #digitalethics #AI #6G #IoT #blockchain @EvaKaili @MEP_Ehler
Philosophy may fail to give us the answer to its questions but "it keeps alive our sense of wonder by showing familiar things in an unfamiliar aspect" (Russell, Problems of Philosophy, quoted in Nathan Ballantyne, Knowing our Limits)

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