The Ethics & AI Chair (Grenoble Institute
of Philosophy, MIAI Institute, Université
Grenoble-Alpes) is organizing an international
conference on Artificial Intelligence and
the Transformations of Work. This event
will take place from November 20 to 22,
2023 at the Maison de la Création et de
l'Innovation, in Grenoble. On
this occasion, we are launching a call
for communications. You will find below
the terms and conditions.
Aims and call for communications
With this conference, we want to shed light on
issues related to the transformation of human
work, providing a contribution to these issues
from an ethical perspective. To do this, it is
necessary to revisit the place of work for the
human condition and analyze the redefinitions
underway, asking: is AI redefining work and
its value?
We accept proposals in French or English. The
following disciplines are invited to participate
in the reflection: philosophy, sociology, social
history, economics, information and communication
sciences, social psychology, ergonomics, computer
science, robotics.
Sessions
The conference will be structured around four
axes:
1. Replacement: Myth or Reality
2. Case Studies: analyzing the role of current
systems
3. Fairness and Justice at work: what values
for an ethics of work?
4. Conditions of Work
Contributions not specifically related to these
themes are also welcome.
Summary
AI’s application across different domains
leads us to ask: what must be done with AI at
work? Its efficiency, reliability, and speed
have led to diverging perspectives.
Techno-pessimism claims that humans will be
replaced, leading to a loss of employment and
increasing inequality, while a techno-optimistic
position sees the cooperation of AI and humans
as emancipative, allowing humans to focus on
meaningful, creative tasks. Regardless of the
perspective, AI has implications for the value
of work and conditions of work in the future.
Through this conference, we aim to provide a
social philosophy of AI and work, grounded in an
ethical framework. Focusing on three axes of
research, we’ll consider the history of the
technological replacement debate, the conditions
of work with AI, and the transformations of
fairness and justice to highlight AI’s
specificities. We aim to address developing
questions within an emerging literature on AI’s
impact on work.
Scientific coordinators of the
conference
Dakota Root, Grenoble Institute of Philosophy
(UGA) & Ethics & AI Chair, MIAI
Chloé Bonifas, Grenoble Institute of Philosophy
(UGA) & Ethics & AI Chair, MIAI
Louis Devillaine, PACTE (CNRS & UGA) &
Ethics & AI Chair, MIAI
Thierry Ménissier, Grenoble Institute of
Philosophy (UGA), Director of the Ethics & AI
Chair, MIAI
Best regards,