Today, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is awarding 25 personalities with the Federal Cross of Merit for their outstanding commitment to the common good. Among those honoured is our speaker Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig, computer scientist, researcher and pioneer of socio-informatics.
AI and ethics: research with social responsibility
For many years, Katharina Zweig has been addressing a question that could hardly be more topical: how can we design artificial intelligence in harmony with democracy, fairness and social values?
Through her Algorithm Accountability Lab at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Centre for Ethics and the Digital Society, which she co-founded, and her work as an author and speaker, she brings the complex issues surrounding AI, algorithms and digitalisation to the forefront of politics, business and society.
Katharina Zweig shapes public debate on:
- Fake news and disinformation
- AI regulation and algorithm ethics
- Digital responsibility and fairness
Her books, lectures and interviews show that technological progress must not be left to the free play of forces alone.
Why the Federal Cross of Merit is an important signal
The award for Katharina Zweig is not just a personal success. It also shows that technological progress needs ethical guidelines – and people who make them visible. For Katharina Zweig, one thing is certain: artificial intelligence must be in harmony with the values of a democratic society. Now more than ever, it is important to protect and further develop these values.
We warmly congratulate Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig on receiving the Federal Cross of Merit.
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