Anna-Maria Brandtner, M.A.

Research Associate, Doctoral Fellow

Professorship of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Office address:

Akademiestraße 7

Room 207

80799 München

Office hours:

By appointment

Postal address:

Geschwister Scholl Platz 1

80539 München

Personal information

Anna-Maria (Mia) holds degrees in Information Technology (B.Sc.) and Philosophy (M.A., B.A.) from LMU Munich. Early into her Bachelor studies of Philosophy, she decided to pursue a second degree in Information Technology in recognition of the transformative power of AI in modern society. Both of her Bachelor’s theses thematized systematic epistemic injustice. She wrote her Information Technology thesis at CODE of the University of the Bundeswehr on popular knowledge, prejudice against and acceptance of AI. Her Master’s thesis in philosophy outlined how ChatGPT could be both boon and burden on democracy itself. For her philosophical research in general, she deems applicability and social relevance of utmost importance.

Mia started her PhD in March 2024 at the MCML and in the Junior Research Group of the Professorship of AI Ethics at LMU. Her project is supervised by Prof. Dr. Sven Nyholm and Dr. Ben Lange.

Research interests

  • AI ethics
  • Political philosophy
  • Philosophy of language
  • Philosophy of emotions
  • (Practical) epistemology

PhD project

Mia investigates the impact of LLMs on fundamental aspects of democracy, such as discourse and social cohesion. Her research tackles questions of how LLMs may distort (the formation of) truth in democratic debate and of how LLMs may contribute or mitigate political loneliness as a driving force behind the rise of populism and societal polarisation. Her work is dedicated to the implementation of an ethical framework for democratic LLMs.