The AAAI 2024 Spring Symposium Series will be held at Stanford University from March 25-27, 2024. There are a total of eight symposia. One of them is „Impact of GenAI on Social and Individual Well-being“. It will be hosted by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The announcement text reads: „Generative AI (GenAI) presents significant opportunities and challenges in the areas of individual and societal well-being. While its benefits in areas such as healthcare, the arts, and education are enormous, it also requires careful consideration of ethics, privacy, fairness, and security.“ On March 25, 2024, Takashi Kido opened the symposium with an interesting talk, including how ChatGPT would decide on the trolley problem. More information about the symposium is available here.
The AAAI 2024 Spring Symposium Series will take place from March 25-27, 2024 at Stanford University. There are eight symposia in total. One of them is „Impact of GenAI on Social and Individual Well-being“. It will be hosted by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The announcement text states: „Generative AI (GenAI) presents significant opportunities and challenges in the realms of individ-ual and societal well-being. While its benefits in fields like healthcare, arts, and education are vast, it also necessitates careful consideration of ethics, privacy, fairness, and security.“ The first version of the program was published in mid-March. Minor changes may still be made. On the afternoon of the first day, the following presentations will take place within the topic „Generative AI: Well-being and Learning“: „How Can Generative AI Enhance the Well-being of Blind?“ (Oliver Bendel), „How Can GenAI Foster Well-being in Self-regulated Learning?“ (Stefanie Hauske and Oliver Bendel), „Sleep Stage Estimation by Introduction of Sleep Domain Knowledge to AI: Towards Personalized Sleep Counseling System with GenAI“ (Iko Nakari and Keiki Takadama), and „Personalized Image Generation Through Swiping“ (Yuto Nakashima). Further information on this symposium is available here.
From March 27-29, 2023, the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia featured the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). This time the venue was exceptionally not Stanford University, but the Hyatt Regency SFO Airport. On March 28, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel and Lea Peier presented their paper „How Can Bar Robots Enhance the Well-being of Guests?“. It has now been published and can be downloaded via ceur-ws.org/Vol-3527/. From the abstract: „This paper addresses the question of how bar robots can contribute to the well-being of guests. It first develops the basics of service robots and social robots. It gives a brief overview of which gastronomy robots are on the market. It then presents examples of bar robots and describes two models used in Switzerland. A research project at the School of Business FHNW collected empirical data on them, which is used for this article. The authors then discuss how the robots could be improved to increase the well-being of customers and guests and better address their individual wishes and requirements. Artificial intelligence can play an important role in this. Finally, ethical and social problems in the use of bar robots are discussed and possible solutions are suggested to counter these.“ More information on the conference via aaai.org/conference/spring-symposia/sss23/.
Fig.: Lea Peier during her part of the presentation
Am 27. März 2023 begann das Symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ im Rahmen der AAAI 2023 Spring Symposium Series. Die traditionsreiche Konferenz wurde ausnahmsweise von der Stanford University ins Hyatt Regency SFO Airport verlegt. In seinem Eröffnungsvortrag erklärte Takashi Kido, einer der beiden Organisatoren, was Responsible AI ist, und erwähnte die Begriffe „Accountability“, „Responsibility“ und „Transparency“. Der Fokus des Symposiums ist Well-being und Fairness. Takashi Kido erwähnte den Vortrag „Should Social Robots in Retail Manipulate Customers?“ von Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel beim Symposium „How Fair is Fair? Achieving Wellbeing AI“ von 2022, der auf dem gleichnamigen Paper von Oliver Bendel und Liliana Alves beruhte. Er leitete dann über zum Begriff “Socially Responsible AI“, wobei er folgende Diskussion benutzte: „Socially Responsible AI is about human responsibility for the development of intelligent systems along fundamental human principles and values, to ensure human flourishing and well-being in a sustainable world, considering for humans and AI ideal relationships“. Am Ende durften auch Überlegungen zu ChatGPT nicht fehlen. Es schloss sich eine intensive Diskussion über den Chatbot an, der zugleich ein Contentgenerator ist. Das Faszinierende ist, dass dieses Thema Laien und Experten gleichermaßen aufwühlt. Informationen zur Konferenz sind über aaai.org/conference/spring-symposia/sss23/ erhältlich.
From March 27-29, 2023, the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia will feature the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The venue is usually Stanford University. For staffing reasons, this year the conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. On March 28, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel will present the paper „Increasing Well-being through Robotic Hugs“, written by himself, Andrea Puljic, Robin Heiz, Furkan Tömen, and Ivan De Paola. From the abstract: „This paper addresses the question of how to increase the acceptability of a robot hug and whether such a hug contributes to well-being. It combines the lead author’s own research with pioneering research by Alexis E. Block and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. First, the basics of this area are laid out with particular attention to the work of the two scientists. The authors then present HUGGIE Project I, which largely consisted of an online survey with nearly 300 participants, followed by HUGGIE Project II, which involved building a hugging robot and testing it on 136 people. At the end, the results are linked to current research by Block and Kuchenbecker, who have equipped their hugging robot with artificial intelligence to better respond to the needs of subjects.“ More information via aaai.org/conference/spring-symposia/sss23/.
Fig.: HUGGIE, Teddy, and the team (without Oliver Bendel)
From March 27-29, 2023, the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia will feature the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The venue is usually Stanford University. For staffing reasons, this year the conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. On March 28, Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel and Lea Peier will present their paper „How Can Bar Robots Enhance the Well-being of Guests?“. From the abstract: „This paper addresses the question of how bar robots can contribute to the well-being of guests. It first develops the basics of service robots and social robots. It gives a brief overview of which gastronomy robots are on the market. It then presents examples of bar robots and describes two models used in Switzerland. A research project at the School of Business FHNW collected empirical data on them, which is used for this article. The authors then discuss how the robots could be improved to increase the well-being of customers and guests and better address their individual wishes and requirements. Artificial intelligence can play an important role in this. Finally, ethical and social problems in the use of bar robots are discussed and possible solutions are suggested to counter these.“ More information via aaai.org/conference/spring-symposia/sss23/.
As part of the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia in San Francisco, the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ is organized by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The paper „Increasing Well-being and Health through Robotic Hugs“ by Oliver Bendel, Andrea Puljic, Robin Heiz, Furkan Tömen, and Ivan De Paola was accepted. The talk will take place between March 26 and 29, 2023 at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport. The symposium website states: „For our happiness, AI is not enough to be productive in exponential growth or economic/financial supremacies but should be socially responsible from the viewpoint of fairness, transparency, accountability, reliability, safety, privacy, and security. For example, AI diagnosis system should provide responsible results (e.g., a high-accuracy of diagnostics result with an understandable explanation) but the results should be socially accepted (e.g., data for AI (machine learning) should not be biased (i.e., the amount of data for learning should be equal among races and/or locations). Like this example, a decision of AI affects our well-being, which suggests the importance of discussing ‚What is socially responsible?‘ in several potential situations of well-being in the coming AI age.“ (Website AAAI) According to the organizers, the first perspective is „(Individually) Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to design Responsible AI for well-being. The second perspective is „Socially Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to implement social aspects in Responsible AI for well-being. More information via www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss23.php#ss09.
As part of the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia in San Francisco, the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ is organized by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The paper „How Can Bar Robots Enhance the Well-being of Guests?“ by Oliver Bendel and Lea K. Peier was accepted. The talk will take place between March 26 and 29, 2023 at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport. The symposium website states: „For our happiness, AI is not enough to be productive in exponential growth or economic/financial supremacies but should be socially responsible from the viewpoint of fairness, transparency, accountability, reliability, safety, privacy, and security. For example, AI diagnosis system should provide responsible results (e.g., a high-accuracy of diagnostics result with an understandable explanation) but the results should be socially accepted (e.g., data for AI (machine learning) should not be biased (i.e., the amount of data for learning should be equal among races and/or locations). Like this example, a decision of AI affects our well-being, which suggests the importance of discussing ‚What is socially responsible?‘ in several potential situations of well-being in the coming AI age.“ (Website AAAI) According to the organizers, the first perspective is „(Individually) Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to design Responsible AI for well-being. The second perspective is „Socially Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to implement social aspects in Responsible AI for well-being. More information via www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss23.php#ss09.
As part of the AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia in San Francisco, the symposium „Socially Responsible AI for Well-being“ is organized by Takashi Kido (Teikyo University, Japan) and Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan). The AAAI website states: „For our happiness, AI is not enough to be productive in exponential growth or economic/financial supremacies but should be socially responsible from the viewpoint of fairness, transparency, accountability, reliability, safety, privacy, and security. For example, AI diagnosis system should provide responsible results (e.g., a high-accuracy of diagnostics result with an understandable explanation) but the results should be socially accepted (e.g., data for AI (machine learning) should not be biased (i.e., the amount of data for learning should be equal among races and/or locations). Like this example, a decision of AI affects our well-being, which suggests the importance of discussing ‚What is socially responsible?‘ in several potential situations of well-being in the coming AI age.“ (Website AAAI) According to the organizers, the first perspective is „(Individually) Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to design Responsible AI for well-being. The second perspective is „Socially Responsible AI“, which aims to clarify what kinds of mechanisms or issues should be taken into consideration to implement social aspects in Responsible AI for well-being. More information via www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss23.php#ss09.
The title of one of the AAAI 2019 Spring Symposia is „Interpretable AI for Well-Being: Understanding Cognitive Bias and Social Embeddedness“. An important keyword here is „social embeddedness“. Social embeddedness of AI includes issues like „AI and future economics (such as basic income, impact of AI on GDP)“ or „well-being society (such as happiness of citizen, life quality)“. In his paper „Are Robot Tax, Basic Income or Basic Property Solutions to the Social Problems of Automation?“ Oliver Bendel discusses and criticizes these approaches in the context of automation and digitization. Moreover, he develops a relatively unknown proposal, unconditional basic property, and presents its potentials as well as its risks. The lecture by Oliver Bendel took place on 26 March 2019 at Stanford University and led to lively discussions.
