Anastasia Aritzi joined the Institute for Ethics in AI a few months after its launch and has worked as a Communication Consultant since spring 2020. Over the past four years, her responsibilities have included managing the IEAI’s social media accounts, such as LinkedIn and Twitter/X, and contributing to the creation of key content, including Annual Reports, Research Briefs, and event summaries. She also played a crucial role in expanding the organization’s network to over 25,000 followers. This vibrant and engaged community actively shares IEAI’s work, participates in discussions, and reflects a growing interest in AI ethics and the responsible use of AI.
As of April 2024, she has handed over this responsibility to her colleagues to focus entirely on the MoralPLai project. Explore her insights on the project’s progress, her contributions to its development, and her vision for its ultimate impact.
Working on an international, interdisciplinary, and innovative project like MoralPLai is an incredible privilege. MoralPLai brings together experts from diverse fields, representing institutions such as the Technical University of Munich, the University of Notre Dame and metaLAB (at) Harvard & FU Berlin and already has the support of key collaborators like IBM and Amerikahaus.
This project aims to engage everyone; academia, industry, and civil society alike. As the project evolves under the guidance of its visionary lead, Dr. Franziska Poszler, and with the invaluable contributions of the first cohort of seven student assistants, it becomes increasingly evident that every perspective is crucial. This collaborative effort underscores the importance of investigating how AI systems influence human ethical decision-making, ensuring a comprehensive and inclusive approach to this critical issue.
My role in the MoralPLai project is to leverage over 20 years of experience in communication to lead the development and implementation of outreach and engagement strategies at every stage of the project. This includes communicating its progress and outcomes effectively, fostering collaborations, engaging diverse stakeholders, and driving initiatives that help the project grow beyond its initial life cycle.
Having worked for many years at the IEAI, I have witnessed firsthand the profound impact of technology, particularly AI tools like large language models (LLMs), on our daily lives and the ethical issues that have been raised. I also understand the critical importance of breaking academic silos to communicate groundbreaking research to a broader audience. Explaining why AI ethics matters and making it accessible to people is a challenge I am deeply passionate about since day one.
MoralPLai stands out as one of the most innovative projects to which I have contributed. It is a science communication project that, from its inception, aims to make exceptional research findings accessible through creative ways that arts provide and, more specifically, through research-based theater.
Apart from that, it is a wonderful opportunity for all of us involved to think creatively, experiment with different tools, question the traditional methods of communicating research and contribute to knowledge dissemination and society’s understanding of important topics that concern us all.
Looking forward to seeing how the project develops over the next few months and, of course, to the final performance scheduled to take place at Amerikahaus on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in the heart of Munich.
Visit the MoralPLai Project webpage to learn more and stay tuned for more updates.
