International Workshop: Trust in the Age of AI, University of Innsbruck, May 12, 2026
Artificial intelligence systems increasingly shape how we access information, make decisions, and interact with the world. From personalized assistants and automated decision systems to AI-generated media, these technologies raise urgent questions about trust. When should we trust AI systems? What makes them trustworthy? And how do users actually respond to them?
This workshop brings together philosophers, computer scientists, and empirical researchers to explore the foundations and challenges of trust in AI. Contributions address topics including the relationship between expertise and understanding in AI systems, formal approaches to verifying ethical properties such as fairness and accountability, the impact of AI assistants on personal autonomy, and the ways transparency labels influence trust in AI-generated content.
By combining conceptual, technical, and empirical perspectives, the conference aims to deepen our understanding of trust in AI and to clarify how AI systems should be designed, evaluated, and integrated into human epistemic practices.
Programme:
May 12 | Dekanatssitzungssaal (Karl-Rahner-Platz 1)
8:45 – 9:00: Welcoming & Introduction
9:00 – 10:00: Giuseppe Primiero (Milan):
Formalizing and Verifying Trustworthiness in AI: A Practical Application to Fairness
10:00 – 11:00: Katherine Dormandy (Innsbruck):
Digital Whiplash: The Case of Trust
11:30 – 12:30: Ritsaart Reimann (Graz):
In the Loop, out of Sync: Moral Cognition in Human-AI Interactions
13:30 – 14:30: Christiane Elisabeth Ernst (Innsbruck) & Kathrin Figl (Innsbruck):
Seeing Is Not Always Believing: How AI Labels Shape Trust in Deepfake Content About Health Claims
14:30 – 15:30: Eleonora Catena (Erlangen):
The rise of Personalized AI Assistants and their impact on personal autonomy
16:00 – 17:00 Camilla Quaresimini (Milan):
Who Does AI Think You Are? The Limits of Gender Classification
17:00 – 18:00 Matteo Baggio (Turin) & Federica I. Malfatti (Innsbruck):
Can AI understand?
The workshop will be held on-site. For registration please contact christliche-philosophie@uibk.ac.at.
For more information click here: International Workshop: Trust in the Age of AI.
Department of Christian Philosophy
University of Innsbruck
Karl-Rahner-Platz 1
A-6020 Innsbruck