WILL BE POSTPONED - Designing Hybrid Argumentation Systems
When:Tu 08-09-2026 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.Where:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen
Generative AI is reshaping how we process information, form opinions, and make decisions, from citizens to entrepreneurs and policymakers. But does AI sharpen our critical thinking, or does it obscure it through hallucinations, biases, commercial interests, or the outsourcing of our cognitive abilities?
This academic workshop, preceding the public event Hoe gebruik je AI kritisch (How to use AI critically) in the Niemeyer AI Factory building, invites researchers to explore how we can design AI as a constructive critical assistant rather than an echo chamber. How can we develop hybrid argumentation tools that combine human and machine intelligence to compensate for each other’s weaknesses?
Programme
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14:00 - 14:15
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Welcome and Introduction
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14:15 - 15:00
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Keynote by Floris Bex:
Critical argumentation for AI at the National Police lab AI The National Policelab AI (NPAI) aims to develop and evaluate state-of-the-art AI techniques for the Netherlands police. Naturally, this must happen in a socially, legally, and ethically responsible manner. In this talk, I will show how argumentation is employed—both at the technical level and at the organizational and legal level—to support this goal. |
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15:00 - 15:30
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Tea break
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15:30 - 17:00
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Commentaries by Lotte van Poppel and Khalid Al-Khatib & general discussion
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