Film screening and panel discussion on AI: ETERNAL YOU – VOM ENDE DER ENDLICHKEIT
The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
RFoM and the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, in cooperation with Filmdelights are organizing
a screening of the documentary film Eternal You on Tuesday, 10 th September 2024 at 6 pm at Top Kino, followed by a panel
discussion.
Directed by the award-winning film makers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck, Eternal You explores how generative AI is used to create applications to "communicate" and keep "contact" with people after death. In this new growth market of digital immortality, the digital afterlife industry promises new forms of remembrance, a new culture of mourning and coming to terms with death. This raises a variety of ethical and human rights- and security- related questions ranging from dignity, autonomy, privacy (including post mortem) and mental health, to the risk of manipulation. Considering the rapid development of generative AI applications that are increasingly convincing in imitating human characteristics, speech, and personality traits, the film raises broader concerns about emotion and information manipulation, as well as about the impact of AI on the integrity of information and information spaces. These challenges call for an in depth reflection and human rights based regulation.
The screening will be followed by an expert panel discussion, exploring issues related to ethical questions, the right to privacy, information integrity and freedom of expression in the age of generative AI, as well as the role of States in ensuring technology is centered on human rights and public interest.
Directed by the award-winning film makers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck, Eternal You explores how generative AI is used to create applications to "communicate" and keep "contact" with people after death. In this new growth market of digital immortality, the digital afterlife industry promises new forms of remembrance, a new culture of mourning and coming to terms with death. This raises a variety of ethical and human rights- and security- related questions ranging from dignity, autonomy, privacy (including post mortem) and mental health, to the risk of manipulation. Considering the rapid development of generative AI applications that are increasingly convincing in imitating human characteristics, speech, and personality traits, the film raises broader concerns about emotion and information manipulation, as well as about the impact of AI on the integrity of information and information spaces. These challenges call for an in depth reflection and human rights based regulation.
The screening will be followed by an expert panel discussion, exploring issues related to ethical questions, the right to privacy, information integrity and freedom of expression in the age of generative AI, as well as the role of States in ensuring technology is centered on human rights and public interest.
Menschen aus aller Welt nutzen Services, die mit Künstlicher Intelligenz
Tote "zum Leben erwecken". Der Film begleitet die Pioniere und ersten User einer Technologie, die den Tod obsolet machen will.
Joshua chattet Tag und Nacht mit dem digitalen Klon seiner verstorbenen ersten Liebe und lässt sie an seinem Alltag teilhaben.
Christi möchte nur die Bestätigung, dass es ihrem verstorbenen besten Freund im Himmel gut geht, hat aber eine erschütternde
Erfahrung mit seinem KI-Konterfei. Jang Ji-Sung trifft den VR-Klon ihrer verstorbenen 7-jährigen Tochter. Die Erfinder der
Dienste lehnen jede Verantwortung für die tiefgreifenden psychologischen Folgen dieser Erfahrungen ab. Zahlreiche Wettbewerber
hoffen auf einen lukrativen Markt, da religiöse und kollektive Trauerformen an Relevanz verlieren. Ist das der Anfang vom
Ende der Endlichkeit?
Programme:
- Welcoming remarks by Philippe Tremblay, Director/OSCE RFoM
- Introductory conversation with Moritz Riesewieck, co-director of Eternal You, and Julia Haas, Adviser to the OSCE RFoM
- Screening of Eternal You
- Panel discussion with Prof Christiane Wendehorst, University of Vienna, Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, Scientific Director of the European Law Institute; Thomas Lohninger, Executive Director, epicenter.works; and Eugen Dolezal, University of Vienna, Department of Social Ethics; moderated by Claudia Reinprecht, Deputy Director, #TechDiplomacy Coordinator at the Austrian Foreign Ministry
Admission free | Eintitt frei
