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SUMMARY:A Democratic View on Trustworthy AI: From Worrying About Fabricati
 ons to Looking at Vulnerability - Dr Eugenia Stamboliev (University of Vie
 nna)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260225T133000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260225T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This talk will introduce the concept of democratic trustworthi
 ness of AI\, shifting the focus from thinking about AI users to protecting
  citizens\; and from output expectations to protected interests within AI 
 systems. Most contemporary debates on Trustworthy AI (TAI) emphasise techn
 ical and output-oriented criteria such as accuracy\, robustness\, safety\,
  and lawfulness. While necessary and valid\, this talk argues that these m
 arkers are insufficient from a strictly democratic perspective on citizen 
 interests. Drawing on Roger Hardin’s concept of trustworthiness as “en
 capsulated interest\,” Eugenia reframes trustworthiness in AI as a relat
 ional and political question: whose interests are structurally taken into 
 account by AI systems? Can everyone equally afford to trust AI\, independe
 nt of its reliability?\n\nThe central claim is that dominant TAI framework
 s tend to adopt a perspective in which the trustworthiness of AI is more a
 bout accurate information and less about power and representation. Trustwo
 rthiness is treated as a property of systems or outputs rather than as a s
 ocially distributed quality that varies across citizen groups. This obscur
 es how AI systems systematically exploit the epistemic vulnerability of so
 me\, particularly marginalised citizens. Yet empirical research on algorit
 hmic discrimination shows that women\, people of colour\, and non-binary p
 eople are disproportionately affected. Keeping this in mind\, Eugenia ther
 efore argues that AI should only be considered trustworthy if it demonstra
 bly encapsulates the interests of those affected by it\, especially those 
 of vulnerable groups.\nSpeakers:\nDr Eugenia Stamboliev (University of Vie
 nna)
LOCATION:OII Lecture Theatre\, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre\, Radcliffe Ob
 servatory Quarter\, Woodstock Road\, Oxford\, OX2 6GG or Zoom
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9e186f81-d449-46a0-b3ea-a4275f779405/
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