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CAISzeit #27

Language Machines: A Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence – with Roberto Simanowski & Jana Baum

Together with host Dr. Matthias Begenat, Roberto Simanowski and Jana Baum discuss how language models are changing thinking, knowledge, and philosophy.

25. June 2026

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Anything but Generic: In conversation with author and media scholar Roberto Simanowski and CAIS researcher Jana Baum from the research program Digital Democratic Innovations, we discuss the implications of the mathematical logic behind language machines. What is the relationship between AI generated output and knowledge? Which abilities do we lose through the use of Large Language Models, and is there also something to gain? And what role does philosophy play in the debate on AI?

About the Book:

Sprachmaschinen – Eine Philosophie der künstlichen Intelligenz
Roberto Simanowski
C.H.BECK
ISBN 978-3-406-83753-1

 

 

 

 

Roberto Simanowski is a cultural scholar, media philosopher, and author of 15 books on the art, culture, and politics of digital media. Among them is the book “Language Machines: A Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence” (2025).


Jana Baum is a research associate in the CAIS research program “Digital Democratic Innovations”. Her research interest is to explore questions of subjectivity and self-determination in the context of digitality and artificial intelligence.

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