Prof Ruha Benjamin
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Beyond Buzzwords - Reimagining Responsibility in Digital Societies

On 24 October 2024 the RDS were honored to host Prof. Ruha Benjamin for a talk on reimagining responsibility in digital societies.

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AI and Democracy

On Tuesday, October 22, the first public event of the University of Basel's AI-Initiative took place, co-organised by the Responsible Digital Society Research Network. The interdisciplinary and topical event, attracted an audience of over…

Ai in Sport audience
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Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on "AI in Sport"

On 14.8.2024, the fifth event in the joint series “Digitalization – and now?” by uptownBasel and the Responsible Digital Society (RDS) research network of the University of Basel took place at uptownBasel in Arlesheim. After a welcome…

speaker and host in lecture hall
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RDS colloquium on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

The RDS colloquium on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) by Philip Eschenbacher from MongoDB was very well received and revealed a wealth of opportunities for developing targeted and knowledgeable chatbots for the University of Basel. As…

musicians
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Game Show “Artificial Art – Human Composers vs. AI”

The game show “Artificial Art – Human Composers vs. AI”, organized by Interfinity Basel and the RDS, attracted great interest. The competent Basel music audience took up the challenge of distinguishing between music composed by an AI and…

AI generated orchestra
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"Artificial Art – AI vs. Human Composers" supported by the SNSF via an Agora grant

The research network «Responsible Digital Society» (RDS) collaborates with the interdisciplinary music festival «Interfinity 2024» to reach out to the general public on the capabilities of modern AI and its impact on science, art, and…

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20 Years of Computer Science at the University of Basel

On 2 February 2024, celebrations took place commemorating 20 years of Computer Science at the University of Basel. The event was organized by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Responsible Digital Society Research…

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Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on “AI and Labour Market”

On 23 January 2024, uptownBasel and the interdisciplinary research network Responsible Digital Society (RDS) at the University of Basel hosted a new edition of the event series "Digitalization - and now?". This time, the movie screening…

panel discussion at la nuit des idées

La Nuit des idées - "Why do we need more and more data?"

"Why do we need more and more data?"  was the theme of "La Nuit des idées" in Basel, which was held on November 6, 2023 in collaboration between the Responsible Digital Society research network and the Ethics Committee of the University of…

Event at rooftop terrace, uptownBasel
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Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on “AI and Creativity”

On August 22, 2023, a new edition of the event series “Digitalization – and now?” organized by uptownBasel and the interdisciplinary research network Responsible Digital Society (RDS) at the University of Basel took place. This time, the…

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