WHO PRESSED THE RED BUTTON? The imaginaries of the EU legislator on Human Oversight of AI Systems

This talk brings together perspectives from the arts and law to playfully interrogate the legal imaginaries of human-oversight in the EU AI Act.  

The regulation of AI systems came with many threats, tricks, and treats for artistic exploration. The references to human-machine interfaces and stop buttons by the EU legislator open up possibilities to speculate how would they look like. By reading the legal provisions, it becomes clear that many of these concepts are grounded in science fiction films and literature. By means of visual content, the talk draws a puzzle of pop culture and sci-fi media references to envision the materiality of such legal concepts. As seriously as we can take the topic, it invites us to take it with irony, humor, and a bit of recklessness.  

This talk is a showcase of our academic research on the legal implications in application and regulation of the AI-based systems, specially tailored to address a broader audience.

This programme session is supported by Stiftung Mercator. / Dieser Programmpunkt wird durch die Stiftung Mercator unterstützt.