ANR-Lab member gave presentations on AI ethics and the distribution of responsibility.
In June, Anna Aleksandrovna Kartasheva, PhD in Philosophy and a research fellow at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, presented a research approach to analyzing the ethics of artificial intelligence and robotic systems at two scientific venues: the "Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Systems" section of the All-Russian Scientific Conference "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Reality" and the "Ethical Problems of Artificial Intelligence" seminar at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On June 2-3, 2026, HSE University hosted a roundtable discussion titled "Responsibility, Risks, Regulation: Ethics in AI and Robotics," dedicated to the ethical dimensions of the development of artificial intelligence and robotics. The discussion was organized by the HSE Institute of Robotic Systems' Center for Robot Ethics and Ontology and the National Scientific Research Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the participation of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. The discussion brought together over 80 representatives of scientific and educational organizations from Russia and Belarus, as well as experts from technology companies, government agencies, and professional communities. More information about the conference can be found in the news from the HSE Center for Robot Ethics and Ontology.
During the roundtable, Anna Kartasheva presented a paper on the transition from an actor map to a responsibility map. The focus was not only on the general principles of AI ethics, but also on the question of which organizations, professional groups, and expert communities translate these principles into procedures, standards, educational practices, engineering solutions, and control mechanisms.
On June 10, 2026, Anna Kartasheva presented a continuation of this topic at the seminar "Ethical Problems of Artificial Intelligence" at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Her paper, "When AI Ethics Becomes an Infrastructure Issue: Allocation of Responsibility in Regulating Intelligent and Robotic Systems," analyzed AI ethics as an organizational field in which government agencies, technology companies, universities, research centers, professional associations, expert groups, NGOs, international organizations, business clients, and end users interact. An announcement of the presentation was posted on the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences website.
The key idea of the paper was that the ethical regulation of AI cannot be reduced to a declaration of general principles. To analyze this field, it is important to combine network and thematic approaches: network analysis allows us to see the field's configuration—actors, connections, centers of influence, and peripheral zones—while thematic analysis helps us understand which issues are recognized as key and how responsibility for addressing them is distributed.
The monthly research seminar "Ethical Problems of Artificial Intelligence" is a research seminar organized to analyze the ethical issues associated with the creation and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The seminar's objective is to discuss the theoretical conditions for the interdisciplinary synthesis of ethics and AI technology, the problems of formalizing ethical principles as applied to AI, the ethical aspects of using intelligent and autonomous systems, and more. The seminar is led by Irina Yuryevna Alekseeva, Doctor of Philosophy, Leading Researcher, Sector of Philosophical Problems of Social Sciences and Humanities. Co-directors of the seminar are Valery Eduardovich Karpov, Doctor of Engineering, Head of the Department of Philosophical Problems of Social Sciences and Humanities. The presentations were delivered by Alexander Vladimirovich Razin, Head of the Robotics Laboratory at the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center and Vice President of the Russian Association of Artificial Intelligence; and Maria Valeryevna Platonova, Head of the Ethics Department at the Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University. The presentations were presented by Maria Valeryevna Platonova, Curator at the Polytechnic Museum.
These presentations continue the research line of the HSE International Laboratory for Applied Network Analysis, which focuses on the application of network methods to the study of complex organizational and expert fields, including technology regulation, distributed responsibility, and decision-making infrastructure.
