Jascha Bareis

Jascha Bareis, M.A.

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Current positions

Fields of work

  • Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Policy Analysis
  • Deconstruction of socio-technical imaginations of Artificial Intelligence and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
  • Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence
  • Political, historical and cultural perspectives on Artificial Intelligence

Current projects

Teaching

Winter semester 2023/2024: Algocracy: The political rule of Algorithms

On the internet

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Professional background

2016 - 2019 M.A. Political Theory at Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Darmstadt: democratic theory, history of political thought, philosophy and sociology of technology
2012 - 2015 B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Honours Degree, University College Maastricht, interdisciplinary approach: philosophy, science and technology studies, sociology
2015 Exchange semester at The Chinese University of Hong Kong: economic sociology, Chinese philosophy, culture and history

Selected publications

Bareis, J.
The trustification of AI. Disclosing the bridging pillars that tie trust and AI together
2024. Big Data & Society, 11(2). doi: 10.1177/20539517241249430

Ruschemeier, H.; Bareis, J.
Searching for Harmonised Rules: Understanding the Paradigms, Provisions and Pressing Issues in the Final EU AI Act
2024. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4876206

Bareis, J.; Roßmann, M.; Bordignon, F. (Hrsg.)
Technology hype : Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising = Technologie-Hype: Der Umgang mit überzogenen Erwartungen und Versprechungen
2023. TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice 32(2023)3
Journal editions

Bächle, T. C.; Bareis, J.
“Autonomous weapons” as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: analysing AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies
2022. European Journal of Futures Research, 10, Art.-Nr.: 20. doi:10.1186/s40309-022-00202-w

Bareis, J.; Katzenbach, C.
Talking AI into Being: The Narratives and Imaginaries of National AI Strategies and Their Performative Politics. 2021. Science, technology, & human values, 1–27. doi:10.1177/01622439211030007

Publications


2024
Presentations
Bareis, J.
Military AI and human-machine relations
2024. AI and warfare. Investigating the technological and political domains of current conflicts (2024), Berlin, Germany, October 16–18, 2024 
Bareis, J.
Dimensionen des Vertrauens bei algorithmischen Systemen
2024, September 30. Dimensionen des Vertrauens bei algorithmischen Systemen, Zentrum verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung (ZEVEDI 2024), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 30, 2024 
Bareis, J.
On the production of knowledge and trust authority of LLMs through hype
2024. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science: Conference Making and Doing Transformations (EASST/4S 2024), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16–19, 2024 
Bareis, J.
On the Production of Knowledge and Trust Authority of Large Language Models (LLMs)
2024, July 7. Critiquing Big Tech (2024), Tilburg, Netherlands, July 6–7, 2024 
Bareis, J.
The politics of AI ethics : The plucked AI Act
2024. Agide Final Conference "Narratives of Digital Actives" (2024), Vienna, Austria, July 27–28, 2024 
Bareis, J.; Roßmann, M.
Technology Hypes: How to deal with inappropriate exaggeration?
2024. Nurkse Reading Seminars (2024), Online, April 11, 2024 
Science Communication on the Internet
Bareis, J.
Guest Blog: Does it make sense to tie trust with AI?
2024, May 29 
2023
Journal Articles
Bareis, J.
BigTech’s Efforts to Derail the AI Act
2023. Verfassungsblog, 1–5 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Bareis, J.; Roßmann, M.; Bordignon, F.
Technology hypes: Practices, approaches and assessments
2023. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 32 (3), 11–16. doi:10.14512/tatup.32.3.11 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Presentations
Bächle, T. C.; Bareis, J.
“Autonomous Weapons” as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: Analysing AI imaginaries in Chineses and US military policies
2023. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR 2023), Online, June 26–September 12, 2023 
Bareis, J.
Einführung in die KI : Chancen und Risiken
2023. Volkshochschule (2023), Munich, Germany, October 4, 2023 
Bareis, J.
On Technological Seduction: Hermeneutical Deconstruction of Tech Hype
2023. 5ème Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Sociétés (LISIS 2023), Paris, France, October 5–6, 2023 
Bareis, J.
How governance fails to comprehend trustworthy AI
2023. 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6 - Toronto 2023 2023), Online, June 27–29, 2023 
Bareis, J.
On Technological Seduction: A Tentative Systematization Of AI Solutionism
2023. 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6 - Toronto 2023 2023), Online, June 27–29, 2023 
Bareis, J.
Trustworthy AI: Large Language Models for Children and Education
2023. European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG 2023), Online, June 19–21, 2023 
Bareis, J.
Trustworthy AI and its regulatory discontents
2023. Austrian Institute of Technology - AI Ethics Lab (2023), Online, March 23, 2023 
Bareis, J.
Do Politics with Fiction: Circulating Imaginaries of Military AI
2023. STS-Hub.de (2023), Aachen, Germany, March 15–17, 2023 
Bareis, J.
The Torn Regulatory State: Governing Trustworthy AI in a Contested Field
2023. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR 2022), Bremerhaven, Germany, January 19, 2023 
Posters
Bareis, J.
Politische Kommunikation und KI – Chancen und Herausforderung für die Regierungskommunikation
2023, February 23. Politische Kommunikation und KI – Chancen und Herausforderung für die Regierungskommunikation, Helmut Schmidt Universität (2023), Hamburg, Germany, March 23–24, 2023 
2022
Book Chapters
Orwat, C.; Bareis, J.; Folberth, A.; Jahnel, J.; Wadephul, C.
Risikoregulierung von künstlicher Intelligenz und automatisierten Entscheidungen
2022. Künstliche Intelligenz - Ethik und Recht. Hrsg. von Thomas Hoeren, Stefan Pinelli, 255–287, Verlag C.H.Beck 
Presentations
Bächle, T. C.; Bareis, J.
"Autonomy" and "autonomous weapon systems" as geopolitical signifiers: AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies
2022. Autonomy in the Digital Age: Rethinking Relationships between Humans, Technology and Society (2022), Bonn, Germany, November 20–22, 2022 
Bächle, T. C.; Bareis, J.
“Autonomous Weapons” as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: Analysing AI imaginaries in Chineses and US military policies
2022. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology : The politics of technoscientific futures (EASST 2022), Madrid, Spain, July 6–9, 2022 
Bareis, J.
Autonomy in Weapon Systems: Friend or Foe?
2022. MA-course by Matthias Kettemann: Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Technological Possibilities and Societal Challenges (2022), Innsbruck, Austria, November 23, 2022 
Bareis, J.
Trustworthy AI. What does it actually mean?
2022. WTMC PhD Spring Workshop "Trust and Truth" (2022), Deursen-Dennenburg, Netherlands, April 6–8, 2022 
Bareis, J.
Two layers of trust: Discussing the relationship of an ethical and a regulatory dimension towards trustworthy AI
2022. Trust in Information (TIIN) Research Group at the Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum (HLRS) Stuttgart (2022), Stuttgart, Germany, February 16, 2022 
Bareis, J.; Heil, R.
Trust (erosion) in AI regulation. Dimensions, Drivers, Contradictions?
2022. 20th Annual STS Conference : Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies (2022), Graz, Austria, May 2–4, 2022 
Folberth, A.; Bareis, J.; Jahnel, J.; Orwat, C.; Wadephul, C.
Tackling problems, harvesting benefits: a systematization of academic AI regulation approaches
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022 
Heil, R.; Bareis, J.
Erklären und Vertrauen im Kontext von KI
2022. Fachsymposium ITAS-BAuA "Digitalisierung in der Arbeitswelt: Konzepte, Methoden und Gestaltungsbedarf" (2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, November 2–3, 2022 
Heil, R.; Bareis, J.
Künstliche Intelligenz - Einführung für die Jahrgangsstufe 11
2022. Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium (2022), Mühlacker, Germany, October 11, 2022 
Heil, R.; Bareis, J.
Künstliche Intelligenz - Einführung für die Jahrgangsstufe 10
2022. Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium (2022), Mühlacker, Germany, October 11, 2022 
Science Communication on the Internet
Bareis, J.
Die Angst vor den schlauen Killermaschinen
2022, July 7 
2021
Presentations
Bareis, J.
Trust (erosion) in AI regulation : Dimensions, Drivers, Contradictions?
2021. International Lecture Series by Fudan University: Trust and AI (2021), Online, December 14, 2021 
Bareis, J.
Zwischen Agenda, Zwang und Widerspruch. Der liberale Staat und der Fall KI
2021. NTA9-TA21: Digital, Direkt, Demokratisch? Technikfolgenabschätzung und die Zukunft der Demokratie (2021), Online, May 10–12, 2021 
Bareis, J.; Bächle, T. C.
“Autonomous Weapons” as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: Analysing AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies
2021. KI und Governance - Workshop Tongji University/KIT (2021), Online, November 4–5, 2021 
Bareis, J.; Folberth, A.
Looking for justice in fairness. Filling the normative gaps in the regulatory discussion of algorithmic decision-making systems
2021. CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference (2021), Online, July 5–9, 2021 
Orwat, C.; Bareis, J.; Folberth, A.; Jahnel, J.; Wadephul, C.
Risk Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making Systems
2021. International Workshop “Governance of and by Algorithms" (GOAL 2021), Online, April 9, 2021 
Science Communication on the Internet
Bareis, J.; Bauer, J.
Wohnungssuche: Drei Zimmer, Küche, KI
2021 
2020
Presentations
Bareis, J.
AI Arms Race – National Strategic Discourses and Geopolitical Security Crisis
2020. Künstliche Intelligenz als Game-Changer der Sicherheitspolitik (2020), Cologne, Germany, June 22, 2020 
Bareis, J.
Militärische KI: Sprachspiele der Autonomie und ihre politischen Folgen [Military AI: Language games of autonomy and their political consequences]
2020. Philosophie der KI - Darmstädter Workshop (2020), Darmstadt, Germany, February 21, 2020 
Bareis, J.; Bächle, T. C.
Sociotechnical weapons: AI myths as national power play
2020. Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and agency of STS in emerging worlds (EASST/4S 2020), Online, August 18–21, 2020 
Folberth, A.; Bareis, J.; Orwat, C.; Wadephul, C.; Jahnel, J.
Normative Entscheidungen in der risiko-basierten Regulierung von KI und AES: Eine Erweiterung algorithmischer Fairness in der Risikodebatte
2020. Summer School des Projekts "Governance von und durch Algorithmen" (GOAL 2020), Online, June 23–24, 2020