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Interview FSE Science Room with Rineke Verbrugge: A human should decide when it comes to matters of life or death

18 December 2024
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Rineke Verbrugge argues that AI should not take decisions on its own in matters of life and death | Jack Redgate/Pexels
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For nearly twenty years Rineke Verbrugge researches how people reason about thoughts, intentions and beliefs of others| Photo Magda Piekorz

From medical diagnoses to autonomous weapons in the Middle East: artificial intelligence (AI) is making more and more decisions on its own without a human involved. Rineke Verbrugge, Professor of Logic and Cognition at the University of Groningen, believes that has to change: AI should be an addition to human intelligence, not a replacement. She is the co-founder of the Hybrid Intelligence Centre which has existed for five years now and recently received the green light for another five years.

Read the whole interview by Charlotte Vlek: A human should decide when it comes to matters of life or death

Last modified:18 December 2024 3.16 p.m.

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