News & Media

• Media

22.01.2021

Super-intelligences – techno-fairy tale or real threat?

The idea that a superintelligence will one day emerge sounds like pure science fiction. But there are research projects looking into this question – including […]

• Media

09.11.2020

Demystifying AI (Markt&Technik)

Will there be machine consciousness? Prof. Karsten Wendland of KIT wants to investigate the consequences of this: “We want to bring together the actors who […]

• Lectures & Events

25.09.2019

Will the crown of creation be redeployed to a new head? (Stuttgart)

Conference theme: DIGITAL EDUCATION WITH AND AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – survival of the fittest!? More about the event: 11th AKAD Forum “Science meets Practice”  

• Media

23.08.2019

INDCON Industry Academia Conclave (Pune, India)

Participation of Prof. Dr. Karsten Wendland on the panel “Artificial Intelligence: Implications of AI on the Society of Tomorrow”. Report: https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/indcon-union-of-industry-and-academia

• Publications

11.08.2019

Robotics and the attribution of consciousness

Reinhard Heil, Christian Wadephul, Karsten Wendland (2019): Robotik und die Zuschreibung von Bewusstsein. Published in: Fülling, Hanna; Meier, Gernot: Die digitale Revolution und ihre Kinder. Brennpunkte […]

• Lectures & Events

02.07.2019

What’s on Machine Consciousness? (#digitalk Karlsruhe)

Podium event from the series #digitalk Karlsruhe on 2.07.2019. Speaker and discussion partner:Ludger Pfanz, Joachim Weinhardt, Karsten Wendland Reporting on the event