Online webinar “Who Presses the Button? Human Oversight of AI Between Claim and Practice” held by Niklas Kühl

Online seminar “Who Presses the Button? Human Oversight of AI Between Claim and Practice”, held by Prof. Niklas Kühl

The event is part of the “Responsible Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) talk series.
When: Monday October 5th at 4,30 pm
Where: Online at the link: http://tiny.cc/03qa101

Speaker: Niklas Kühl, University of Bayreuth and Fraunhofer FIT

Abstract: In 1995, Homer Simpson automated his safety job at the nuclear plant with a drinking bird. What was a joke then is now law: Article 14 of the EU AI Act requires effective human oversight of high-risk systems. But the question is not whether a human sits in the loop; it is whether that person can actually disagree. Drawing on studies with 136 lay and expert decision-makers and with 101 radiologists, this keynote shows that explanations only help when their format invites verification, and that oversight is a design property of the system, not a checkbox in a process.

Bio: Niklas Kühl is a Full Professor of information systems and human-centric AI at the University of Bayreuth, Director of the AI Responsibility Centre (ARC) and Group Lead with Fraunhofer FIT. He received a Ph.D. in information systems with a focus on applied machine learning and his Habilitation in applied computer science at the KIT. In his studies, he is working on conceptualizing, designing, and implementing AI products, focusing on fair and effective collaboration within human–AI teams. He has worked on machine learning (ML) and AI in different domains since 2014 and has published his work in leading outlets in information systems (e.g., EJIS, CAIS, BISE), computer science (e.g., ICML, AAAI, CVPR), and human-computer interaction (e.g., CHI, CSCW, FAccT.

Contact:
- Prof. Daniele Quercia: daniele.quercia@polito.it