Maximilian Seeth
I am by training a philosopher, computer scientist, and linguist with a focus on NLP, ML, and ethics. I provide consultancy services on matters pertaining to ethics and artificial intelligence.
I hold a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.Sc. in Computational Linguistics, along with an M.A. in Philosophy. In addition to my current work, I am pursuing a second master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Computational Linguistics and Computer Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU).
My German translation of the French title Le pouvoir de l’art can be found here: Die Macht der Kunst.
I serve as the editor of dailogues.ai. Please feel free to get in touch if you’re interested in collaborations.
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| Feb 07, 2026 | I’m joining the research collective “Building Benchmarks for Hate Speech Detection with Moral Rationales”, led by Francielle Vargas and Jackson Trager, contributing to work on representative data collection and explainable AI with a focus on safety, transparency, and cross-cultural contexts. It connects a diverse team of social psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and linguists from the Americas, Europe, and Australia. The project is partly sponsored by Google and Amazon Science. I’m looking forward to making fruitful contributions! 🙏 |
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| Sep 23, 2025 | 🎙️ I delivered a keynote at REWE Group, where I introduced the concept of agentic AI. My talk covered the core foundations of AI agents (reflection, tool use, planning, and multi-agent collaboration) along with practical applications such as service bot orchestration, web pilots, and MCP servers. |
| Apr 13, 2025 | 🎧 Podcast episode with me at #DRANBLEIBEN. Andre Cramer and I discuss alternative AI utopias. Link to episode: https://dranbleiben.letscast.fm/episode/3-ueber-alternative-ki-utopien |
| Dec 12, 2024 | We’re launching www.dailogues.ai 🚀, our discursive space around AI! |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Back at Rewe Digital, introducing the fundamentals of language models to a group of managers! 🤖 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | My latest talk on Trust in AI is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNdlgwNlsU ✨🎥 |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 👀 I’m attending the Conference on the Ethics of Conversational Agents & Generative AI, hosted by the Munich Center for Machine Learning. |
| Sep 09, 2024 | My next talk at Deutsche Telekom’s AI Competence Center is scheduled for September 9 at 13:00 via Microsoft Teams (Please contact me for the link). Title: Can We Trust AI? Abstract: Trustworthiness in the AI scene is often grounded in the notion of having a system that produces reliable and factually correct outputs. But is believing that an output is true equal to “trusting” the system that created it? Human trust is a complex philosophical and psychological notion. Trust may be a state of belief as well as a form of social binding. For example, trust between humans often implies a certain degree of mutual vulnerability. Taking this into account, is it even possible to trust in machines? |
| Aug 30, 2024 | I’m presenting a few machine learning fundamentals for understanding LLMs at Rewe Digital. 🤖 |
| Jul 17, 2024 | I spoke again at Deutsche Telekom’s AI Competence Center about agency and AI. Title: Agentic AI: What Can Philosophy Teach Us About Agency? Abstract: Agentic AI, such as AutoGen, Crew AI, and LangGraph, has recently garnered significant attention. Stanford’s Andrew Ng, renowned for his neural network teachings on Coursera, has also lauded the use of multi-agent design patterns with LLMs in The Batch. The concept is straightforward: multiple LLM-powered agents collaborate to solve problems. By incorporating local memories and internal reflection capabilities, the resulting system of agents can be both powerful and complex. However, as critical AI philosophers, we must ask ourselves: do these agents truly possess agency, that is the ability to take action? To explore the potential of non-human agents, this talk will introduce fundamental definitions and conceptual tools to discuss agency in the context of LLM agents. It appears that agency is a continuous attribute, rather than a categorical one. |