On April 27, the Institute of International Scientific and Technological Relations of CASTED invited Dr. Miltos Ladikas, researcher from the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT-ITAS), to deliver a lecture titled AI Ethics and Governance Challenges: A Global Perspective.

Based on his analysis of the impacts and challenges posed by current AI development on human ethical values, Dr. Ladikas proposed empirical analyses of ethical implications of AI through technology assessment (TA) methodologies, as well as the development of ethical governance tools. He emphasized integrating ethical governance concepts into the AI development process via guidelines, standards, and training programs. Dr. Ladikas noted that the ethical impacts of AI represent a challenge for all humanity, which requires strengthened international cooperation and joint governance through global technology assessment approaches.

The lecture was chaired by Dr. Guangxi He from the Institute of International Scientific and Technological Relations, with participation from researchers of CASTED, as well as faculty and students from the School of Sociology at Renmin University and the School of Economics and Management at Guangxi University of Science and Technology.

KIT-ITAS is a renowned European technology assessment institution and think tank that provids technology assessment and advisory services to the European and German parliaments in cutting-edge technologies. CASTED has established long-term cooperative relations with KIT-ITAS, serving as a member of the Global TA Network initiated by KIT-ITAS. CASTED and KIT-ITAS have jointly undertaken several EU-funded projects, including Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice (RRI), Global Ethics in Science and Technology (GEST), and Operationalizing AI Ethics for Learning and Practice: A Global Approach (AIOLIA). Dr. Miltos Ladikas is a scientific staff at KIT-ITAS and serves as the principal investigator and coordinator for the aforementioned research projects.