"I need to shut down" - Language between man and machine (online)

In cooperation with the Protestant Adult Education Center Freiburg "My battery is empty", "I need an update". We humans are increasingly using technical terms to describe ourselves. And vice versa, we are giving technology human characteristics: The computer becomes artificial intelligence, the car drives autonomously, etc. What happens when the differences between man and machine become blurred? When the care robot becomes a pet substitute, the chatbot takes over pastoral care and Amazon knows my wishes better than my wife - what makes us human? What is acting and thinking, intelligence and autonomy - does this apply to humans or does it also apply to machines? If humans increasingly see themselves as machines and machines are becoming more and more humanized, it is time to change the way we think and speak - or our image of what it means to be human. In a lecture and discussion, you will understand how language influences our image of man and machine and consider how we want to live being human in the 21st century. - Registration required.

Course number: 252108421O