The 2nd Ecology of AI Workshop

Call for Participation

We invite reflection papers covering any aspect of AI including, but not limited to:

• The impact of AI on:
  • non-normative bodies and identities
  • oppressed and/or under-served populations
  • communication and interaction between groups
  • the development of communities and infrastructures
  • the balance of ecosystems and resources
  • the climate, the planet context
• Short-, medium- and long-term beneficiaries of AI
• The potential of AI to shape or preserve existing power relationships
• AI Ethics (Framework, Principles, and Guidelines), education, and awareness
• Explainable AI, self-explanation, self-criticism and the transparency problem
• Regulating AI-based systems: standards and certification
• Potential harm in AI-based systems, including in industrial processes, health, automotive systems, robotics, critical infrastructures, war, among others
• Criticisms around the inevitability of AI

Submit your Paper

Submission Instructions

Selection of participants and presentations will be based on refereed submissions. We invite authors to submit a short paper [maximum 8 pages], preferably on their own previous or current work in AI, that considers a wide scope of potential impacts of this work, direct and indirect beneficiaries, projected into the future. We ask participants, to the best of their ability, to consider longer-term impacts, and existing or projected power relationships that make certain consequences more likely (good or bad, and everything in between). The purpose of this statement is to help spark discussion and explore the questions that may assist AI researchers to broaden their view on potential impacts of their work. Researchers, practitioners, or policy makers in academia or industry who have an interest in these areas are invited to submit papers up to 8 pages (not including references) in the 1- column CEUR format (Overleaf template).

Submissions are single-blind reviewed; i.e., submissions must include the author's names and affiliation. The workshop's organizing and program committees will review the submissions and accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. We ask that at least one of the authors of each accepted position paper attends the workshop. Presenting authors must register for the workshop and at least one full day of the conference.

Since this workshop will be held in person and virtually (hybrid) which reduces visa or travel-related burdens, we aim to have global and diverse participation. With an effort towards equitable conversations, we welcome participation from under-represented perspectives and communities in AI (e.g., lessons from the Global South, civil liberties and human rights perspectives, etc.)

If there is sufficient interest, we can archive (with an opt-out option) all HHAI 2024 workshop contributions, and summaries of workshops and tutorials as a combined CEUR Workshop Proceeding.

Important Dates

Contact: retno.larasati[at]open.ac.uk or tracie.farrell[at]open.ac.uk