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                PhD position: How can AI support human moral judgements?
<br>Application deadline: 22 April 2020
<br>Job description
<br>Many current AI systems are implicitly supporting or constraining human moral
<br>judgment, e.g. information on Facebook, recommendation systems, targeted
<br>advertising. The goal of this project is to make this support (or constraint)
<br>explicit as a step towards empowering better human moral judgments. Our
<br>working assumption is that AI should support but not take over human moral
<br>judgement and decisions. To determine the desirable role of AI support, we
<br>should first of all better understand human moral judgement, and particularly
<br>the importance of context in it. Two case studies will be carried out on how
<br>AI may support moral human judgement in the context of changing values. On the
<br>basis of these, desirable (and undesirable) forms of AI support will be
<br>identified, and insights will be translated into a number of design principles
<br>for AI support for human moral judgement.
<br>This position is part of the research program Hybrid Intelligence
<br>Hybrid Intelligence
<br>Why build AI systems that replace people if we can build AI systems that
<br>collaborate with people? Hybrid Intelligence is the combination of human and
<br>machine intelligence, expanding human intellect instead of replacing it. Our
<br>goal is to design Hybrid Intelligent systems, an approach to Artificial
<br>Intelligence that puts humans at the centre, changing the course of the
<br>ongoing AI revolution. The project will be recruiting 27 PhD or postdoc
<br>positions in total. For more information on the project see
<br>www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl
<br>Requirements
<br>We seek an energetic PhD candidate, to carry out this research project at the
<br>forefront of the interdisciplinary combination of ethics and artificial
<br>intelligence. The candidate has a master's degree, or equivalent, in ethics
<br>and/or philosophy. During the project you are expected to write the research
<br>articles that together will form the basis of a thesis to attain a PhD degree
<br>(dr.) at Delft University. Candidates will participate in the education and
<br>supervision program of the Delft Graduate School as well as in the Hybrid
<br>Intelligence project graduate school. Teaching duties of max 10% of the time
<br>are foreseen.
<br>Conditions of employment
<br>Fixed-term contract: 4 years.
<br>The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health
<br>insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution.
<br>Flexible work schedules can be arranged. Coming to Delft Service organizes
<br>diverse events for new international employees and their accompanying
<br>partners, like Partner Career Workshops and Dutch Culture Workshops. Located
<br>on campus are the International Children's Centre and an international primary
<br>school which are subject to availability as well as several bilingual schools
<br>in the nearby surrounding. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the
<br>Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
<br>As a PhD candidate you will be enrolled in the TU Delft Graduate School. TU
<br>Delft Graduate School provides an inspiring research environment; an excellent
<br>team of supervisors, academic staff and a mentor; and a Doctoral Education
<br>Programme aimed at developing your transferable, discipline-related and
<br>research skills. Please visit www.tudelft.nl/phd
<br>for more information.
<br>Employer
<br>Technische Universiteit Delft
<br>Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution
<br>offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an
<br>internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly
<br>oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future
<br>generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU
<br>Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society
<br>converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research
<br>institutes and schools.
<br>Department
<br>Faculty Technology, Policy and Management
<br>The Faculty of Technology, Policy and
<br>Management contributes to sustainable
<br>solutions for technical challenges in society by combining the insights from
<br>engineering with the humanities and the social sciences.
<br>The Department of Values, Technology and Innovation (VTI) focuses on the value
<br>dimension of comprehensive engineering, the overarching research theme of the
<br>Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM). It uniquely comprises
<br>philosophers, economists and risk scholars. It studies how to develop and
<br>diffuse responsible technological innovations that reflect deeply held social
<br>and moral values. The department is one of the largest groups in the world
<br>studying value aspects, economics and risks for a wide range of sociotechnical
<br>systems. The department plays a leading role nationally and internationally in
<br>research in responsible innovation and design for values.
<br>The Ethics and Philosophy of Technology section is one of three sections
<br>within the VTI Department. The section plays a central role worldwide in
<br>research on ethics and philosophy of technology. The section participates in
<br>the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, a world-leading centre in the ethics
<br>of technology. The research of the section covers a broad spectrum, ranging
<br>from applied research in collaboration with engineering scholars, experimental
<br>and empirical ethics in collaboration with social scientists, and foundational
<br>research in meta-ethics, risk theory, methodology, ontology and philosophy of
<br>science, technology and design. The ethics research program focuses
<br>specifically on design for values, risk ethics, and responsible innovation.
<br>The Ethics and Philosophy of Technology section provides for service teaching
<br>at all engineering programs of TU Delft, primarily in ethics but also in
<br>philosophy of engineering methodology and philosophy of science. For more
<br>information on our unique teaching approach, see:
<br>https://www.tudelft.nl/ethics/
<br>Additional information
<br>For information about this vacancy, you can contact Prof.dr.ir. Ibo van de
<br>Poel, Professor in Ethics and Technology, email:
<br>i.r.vandepoel@tudelft.nl, tel: +31 (0)15 27
<br>84716.
<br>To apply, please send by e-mail an application letter, a curriculum vitae, a
<br>writing sample (e.g. master thesis) and the names of two references by April
<br>22, 2020, to Ms. Van Vianen,
<br>vacature-tbm@tudelft.nl, mentioning vacancy
<br>number ATTBM 20.026.
<br>If you want to be considered for one of our other PhD positions, then also
<br>upload your documents to our Hybrid Intelligence talent pool at
<br>http://www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl/jobs.
<br>Your information will then be shared among the researchers in the consortium,
<br>and you may be approached for one of the other positions listed on
<br>www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl/jobs.
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