Recap: Career Path Workshop & Lecture by Dr Constanze Kurz
On December 11, the Feminist AI Network hosted the workshop "My Career Path” – Ways after PhD" with contributions from Dr. Constanze Kurz and Prof. Dr. Susanne Gössl. In addition, current research projects by Dr. Julia Maria Mönig and Hannah Winter were presented in a research pitch format.
Afterwards, in collaboration with the Lunch Series: Ethics | AI | Health of the Chair of (Social) Ethics, Dr. Constanze Kurz gave a lecture titled "Not as Brilliant as Hoped".
With contributions from Dr. Constanze Kurz and Prof. Dr. Susanne Gössl, the workshop presented two different academic careers and provided insight into different paths after completing a doctorate.
The open atmosphere helped to ensure that topics were discussed which often remain unspoken in more formal academic contexts, but which can be significant for one's own academic career. From a feminist perspective, topics included the compatibility of family and academic careers, experiences of discrediting, and dealing with prejudice in fields of research where women are underrepresented.
In the lecture that followed, titled “Not as brilliant as hoped,” Dr. Constanze Kurz (spokesperson for the Chaos Computer Club, expert on data protection, IT security, and surveillance technologies) critically analyzed the social and ecological consequences of generative AI.
Among other things, she addressed the mass production of synthetic content, copyright tensions, risks in sensitive fields of application, and the high energy and resource consumption of AI infrastructures. Following the lecture, a moderated question-and-answer session provided an opportunity for in-depth discussion and debate.
The lecture was held in collaboration with the Lunch Series: Ethics | AI | Health of the Chair of (Social) Ethics. The Lunch Series is organized monthly in cooperation with the Transdisciplinary Research Area “Life & Health” (TRA 3) of the University of Bonn and the Collaborative Research Center EmpkinS.