GEF Ingenieur (Germany)

Understanding Before Ethics: A Four-Dimensional Foundation for AI Moral Agency

Contemporary artificial intelligence ethics frameworks frequently commit a category error: they attempt to instantiate ethical behavior in systems that, on the account developed here, lack the prerequisite capacity for genuine understanding. This paper argues that understanding,...

Understanding Before Ethics: A Four-Dimensional Foundation for AI Moral Agency

Contemporary artificial intelligence ethics frameworks frequently commit a category error: they attempt to instantiate ethical behavior in systems that, on the account developed here, lack the prerequisite capacity for genuine understanding. This paper argues that understanding,...

A Multilaboratory Evaluation of Backwater Effects at Bridges Resulting from Diverse Floating Debris Compositions during the 2021 Flood Event in Europe

Abstract The flood event of July 2021 in Western Europe was characterized by water levels far above the 100-year design flood and by billions of euros in damages. During the flood, voluminous debris accumulations of up to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" a...