Johann Laux

Biographic Data

ID3650607
NAMEJohann Laux
GIVEN NAMESJohann
FAMILY NAMELaux
SIGNATURELAUX J
AFFILIATIONSInternet Society
ORCID0000-0003-3043-075X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS33
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Better pay, clearer guidance

    Open AccessJohann Laux, Fabian Stephany et al.ARTICLEBig Data & Society2025

    The production of artificial intelligence (AI) requires human labour, with tasks ranging from well-paid engineering work to often-outsourced data work. This commentary explores the economic and policy implications of improving working conditions for AI data workers, specifically focusing on the impact of clearer task instructions and increased pay for data annotators. It contrasts rule-based and standard-based approaches to task instructions, rev…

  • Institutionalised distrust and human oversight of artificial intelligence

    Open AccessJohann LauxARTICLEAI & Society2024

    Human oversight has become a key mechanism for the governance of artificial intelligence (“AI”). Human overseers are supposed to increase the accuracy and safety of AI systems, uphold human values, and build trust in the technology. Empirical research suggests, however, that humans are not reliable in fulfilling their oversight tasks. They may be lacking in competence or be harmfully incentivised. This creates a challenge for human oversight to b…

  • Trustworthy artificial intelligence and the European Union AI act

    Open AccessJohann Laux, Sandra Wachter et al.ARTICLERegulation & Governance2023Cited by: 31References: 9

    In its AI Act, the European Union chose to understand trustworthiness of AI in terms of the acceptability of its risks. Based on a narrative systematic literature review on institutional trust and AI in the public sector, this article argues that the EU adopted a simplistic conceptualization of trust and is overselling its regulatory ambition. The paper begins by reconstructing the conflation of “trustworthiness” with “acceptability” in the AI Ac…

  • Public Epistemic Authority

    Johann Laux, Johann Moritz LauxBOOKPublic Epistemic Authority2022

    Inter- and supranational courts derive their legitimacy partly from an institutional comparison: judges' legal expertise and the quality of judicial procedures justify a court's claim to authority towards other branches of government and other courts with overlapping jurisdiction. To provide a benchmark for assessing judicial outcomes that is compatible with democratic commitments, Johann Laux suggests a new normative category, Public Epistemic A…

  • The Concentration-after-Personalisation Index (Capi)

    Open AccessJohann Laux, Fabian Stephany et al.ARTICLEBig Data & Society2022Cited by: 2References: 30

    Firms are increasingly personalising their offers and services, leading to an ever finer-grained segmentation of consumers online. Targeted online advertising and online price discrimination are salient examples of this development. While personalisation's overall effects on consumer welfare are expectably ambiguous, it can lead to concentration in the distribution of advertising and commercial offers. Constellations are possible in which a marke…

  • A New Type of Evidence?

    Johann LauxARTICLEArchiv des Völkerrechts2018

    »Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495