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Prof. Dr. Rebekka Hufendiek von der Universität Ulm wird als Teil der "Lecture Series on AI in Science and Society" am 11.07.2025 von 14:15–15:45 Uhr in H27 (GW II) einen Vortrag zum Thema "Do Large Language Models Have Politics? Considerations About Artificial Intelligence and the Neutrality Thesis​" halten.

Abstract: In this talk, I revisit Langdon Winner’s influential critique of the neutrality thesis—the idea that technologies are politically neutral and only acquire meaning through use. While Winner argues that certain technologies can be inherently political, I propose a more ontologically modest interpretation of this claim, which avoids strong forms of technological determinism while retaining its critical force. I then explore what it might mean to apply this revised framework to contemporary forms of artificial intelligence, especially generative AI and large language models (LLMs). By examining the political affordances, design choices, and epistemic structures embedded in LLMs, I raise the question of whether—and in what sense—these systems can be said to "have politics.“