Most of us believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to contribute to a better society, but at the same time it brings worries to many people. If people lack trust in artificial intelligence, systems that are based on these new technologies may be hard or even impossible to implement, and may not be as successful. By looking at how distrust can be transformed into trust, the research team wants to gain insights on how we should handle these concerns about AI and so-called autonomous systems in a successful way.
Other project members at the University of Gothenburg are Göran Bergström, Magnus Båth, Thomas Hillman, Åse Johnsson, Åsa Mäkitalo and the MedTech West professor Rolf Heckemann, expert in image analysis.
The project is a part of the national research programme WASP-HS, where the abbreviation HS stands for humanities and society. The research programme was initiated by Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation and Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation and encompasses a total of SEK 660 million over ten years. The programme will primarily analyse the ethical, economic, social, legal and labour market aspects that may be entailed by the ongoing technological shift in society. WASP-HS will also have a national graduate school with up to seventy doctoral students, at least ten new research groups, twelve visiting professors and a number of research projects.
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