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Building on the success and strong interest of last year, the B\u2019AI Global Forum will co-host a seminar series titled \u201c<\/strong>Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI 2nd Edition\u201d<\/strong> in collaboration with the University of Bonn, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Europe for Applied Sciences.
We invite you to register and take part in the sessions that interest you.<\/p>\n

\u25c7Dates & Venue<\/b><\/p>\n

\u30fbDates: Thursdays (Irregular; Please refer to the schedule below), from October 22th (Wednesday), 2025, to January 22nd, 2026, 19:00-21:00<\/strong>\u203b (JST)
\n\u203bDue to daylight saving time, only on October 22, the session will be held from 18:00 to 20:00.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u30fbVenue: Online via Zoom (Pre-registration Required) <\/span>
\n<\/span>\u30fbLanguage: English<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u30fbRegistration: Please access this link<\/a> and register via the \u201cSubscribe\u201d tab on the left side of the page.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7<\/span>About the series<\/b><\/p>\n

Following the success and strong interest generated last year, the online seminar series <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Cross-Cultural Approaches to Desirable AI\u201d<\/b> continues this year. The series aims to encourage intercultural and interdisciplinary discussion on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). Its primary focus is to support and develop research on AI and social justice, particularly from intersectional feminist and anti-racist perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n

We bring together researchers working on AI and digital technologies of all career stages from a variety of disciplines. The series seeks to bridge perspectives from the arts and sciences, with a particular emphasis on encouraging students with technical and engineering backgrounds to engage with ethical issues surrounding AI.<\/span><\/p>\n

The concept of <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/i>desirable AI<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/i> refers to the development of technology that places social justice and environmental sustainability at its core. Rather than simply optimizing technology, the goal is to design AI that reflects and respects the diverse values and needs of different cultures. This approach requires acknowledging different worldviews while avoiding issues such as cultural appropriation and \u201cdiversity washing\u201d in technology development.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, we continue our exploration of cross-cultural and ethical perspectives on AI with new themes and areas of inquiry. Rather than centering sessions on geographical regions, we focus on cross-cultural dialogue around shared thematic questions. To do so, we bring together experts from across different communities and disciplines. Among the topics we will highlight are: Spiritual traditions and AI ethics beyond the individual, bringing Buddhist and Ubuntu principles into dialogue with questions of technology and humanity, and Contextualised perspectives on large language models, examining bias, erasure, and situated methods across languages and regions.<\/span><\/p>\n

By extending these conversations, the series continues to foster a pluralistic and inclusive vision of AI \u2014 one that remains deeply attentive to cultural context, social justice, and the shared pursuit of desirable futures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n

October 22th <\/b>Intro Session<\/span><\/p>\n

November 13t<\/b>h <\/b>Responsibility<\/p>\n

Thomas Metcalf<\/strong> (IWE, Uni Bonn): Sustainability and Political Education.<\/em>
\nSebastian Gehrmann<\/strong> (Bloomberg LP): tba
\n<\/em>Alina Mozolevska <\/strong>(Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University; Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin): Media Witnessing and Moral Responsibility: VR, AI, and the Ethics of Seeing in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
\n<\/em>Titlope F. Ajayi <\/strong>(Institute for Security Studies): Whose Peace and at What Cost? Feminist Interrogations of AI in African Security Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Eleanor Drage<\/strong> (LCFI, Cambridge) and Jir\u00e9 Emine G\u00f6zen<\/strong> (UE).<\/p>\n

November 20th <\/b>Arts and Crafts<\/span><\/p>\n

Puja Aanand<\/strong> and Alok Bhasin <\/strong>(Pearl Academy): Preserving the Past, Designing the Future: A New Paradigm for Design Education and SDG Alignment.
\n<\/em>Goda Klumbyte <\/strong>(University of Kassel; Weizenbaum Institute): Material critique, abstract creativity: working towards a transdisciplinary critical technical practice.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Eleanor Drage<\/strong> (LCFI, Cambridge) and Jir\u00e9 Emine G\u00f6zen<\/strong> (UE).<\/p>\n

November 27th <\/b>Education<\/span><\/p>\n

Marisol Flores-Garrido<\/strong> and Marcela Moales-Maga\u00f1a<\/strong>: Situated Appropriations of AI: Ethical Guidelines from a Global South University.
\n<\/em>Christian Stracke<\/strong> (Uni Bonn): (Ethical) AI and (School) Education.
\n<\/em>Eman AbuKhousa <\/strong>(UE Dubai): Learning Design for Global Minds and Desirable AI.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Eleanor Drage <\/strong>(LCFI, Cambridge) and Jir\u00e9 Emine G\u00f6zen <\/strong>(UE).<\/p>\n

December 4th <\/b>Be(yond) Human<\/span><\/p>\n

Wakanyi Hoffman <\/strong>(Inclusive AI Lab, Utrecht University): Beyond Big Data: Learning to Read AI as a Relational Field using Clariscopic Ubuntu Vision.
\n<\/em>Shoukei Matsumoto<\/strong><\/a>: Human Literacy in the Age of AI.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Ai Hisano<\/strong> (B\u2019AI Global Forum, UTokyo) and Christiane Sch\u00e4fer <\/strong>(CST, Uni Bonn)<\/p>\n

December 11th <\/b>Digital \u201cWell-being\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mamun Rashid <\/strong>(SYNC, Ithra): Offline Is the New Luxury? Exploring the Right to Disconnect – Connect.
\n<\/em>Matthew J. Dennis <\/strong>(TU Eindhoven): Who is Responsible for Digital Well-Being?
\n<\/em>Julia Maria M\u00f6nig<\/strong> (CST, Uni Bonn): The luxury of digital well-being: privacy as privilege.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Ai Hisano <\/strong>and Sunjin Oh <\/strong>(B\u2019AI Global Forum, UTokyo)<\/p>\n

December 18th <\/b>Work\/Labour<\/span><\/p>\n

Jurgita Imbrasaite<\/strong> (CST, Uni Bonn): AI and the Critique of the Modern Labor Paradigm.
\n<\/em>Avantika Tewari<\/strong> (Jindal Global Law School): The Paradox of Data Prosumerism: Relocating Reproductive Labor in the Platform Economy.
\n<\/em>Jussara Rowland<\/strong> (INESC-ID): Making Sense of Digital Identity: Data, Mediation, and the Construction of the Digital Self.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Sunjin Oh<\/strong> (B\u2019AI Global Forum, UTokyo) and Christiane Sch\u00e4fer<\/strong> (CST, Uni Bonn)<\/p>\n

January 8th <\/b>Bias and Contextualization in LLMs<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunjin Oh<\/strong> (B\u2019AI Global Forum, UTokyo): Intersectional Bias Benchmarking in Japanese Large Language Models.
\n<\/em>Kyungjoon Oh <\/strong>(HY Center of Ethics, Law, and Policy for Science and Technology, Hanyang University<\/span>): tba<\/em>
\nNicholas Kluge Corr\u00eaa <\/strong>(CST, Uni Bonn): All Too Perfect: Bias and Aspiration in Persona Generation with LLMs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chair: Ai Hisano<\/strong> (B\u2019AI Global Forum, UTokyo)<\/p>\n

January 15th <\/b>Ontologies<\/span><\/p>\n

Prashant Kumar <\/strong>(CST, Uni Bonn): tba
\n<\/em>Kat K\u00f6ppert <\/strong>(Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin): tba
\n<\/em>Young Woo Kwon <\/strong>(Korea University): tba<\/em><\/p>\n

Chairs: Christiane Sch\u00e4fer <\/strong>und Lennard Landgraf <\/strong>(CST, Uni Bonn)<\/p>\n

January 22nd <\/b>Outro Session<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Organizers<\/b>
\n<\/span>B\u2019AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo; Center for Science and thought, The University of Bonn;\u00a0 Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, The University of Cambridge; The University of Europe for Applied Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25c7Inquiry<\/b>
\n<\/span>B\u2019AI Global Forum Office<\/span>
\n<\/span>bai.global.forum[at]gmail.com\uff08Please change [at] to @\uff09<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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