Digital humanism - staying human in times of technological progress

As a fundamental process of change, digitalization opens up many new opportunities and possibilities, has brought considerable advantages in many respects and has also promoted individual freedoms. At the same time, our society is increasingly confronted with problematic developments, many of which are accelerating and developing a negative pull (e.g. monopolization of services and data, human transparency, social polarization through fake news & filter bubbles, discrimination through bias in AI, lack of human control, etc.) However, these negative aspects and developments should not prevent us from using digital technologies in a positive way. The aim should be to find answers and alternative solutions. The motto for this is digital humanism. It means putting people back at the center of technological developments and making them the benchmark in the digital age. Digital humanism is about a shift away from computer-literate people towards people-literate technology. We also want to answer the question of how achievements such as the rule of law, the social market economy, free discourse and human rights can be expanded and not undermined in the future as a result of the great digital transformation. PULS 24 Anchor Werner Sejka will be joined by Eva Czernohorsky (Business Agency), Michael Strassnig (Vienna Science, Research and Technology Fund), Hannah Wundsam (Austrian Start-Ups), Markus Hengstschläger, Clemens Wasner (EnliteAI) and Carina Zehetmaier to discuss this.

28.06.2022