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In general, the AI*IM focus area is about sustainably improving the self-determination and participation of people with cognitive impairments in medicine using inclusive assistance technology and artificial intelligence.

This goal is of great ethical importance: self-determination and participation are human rights, and people with disabilities therefore have a moral and legal right to assistance in exercising these rights.

The AI*IM Consent working group places the ethical dimension of assistive technology at the centre of its research. In a participatory and interdisciplinary manner, it analyses the normative framework conditions and intended consequences of these technologies as well as the corresponding assessments of the people involved (stakeholders).

A research project is already in preparation in cooperation with the VR*IM project, which will address the ethical aspects of using virtual reality to support patients' ability to give consent.

In addition to specific scientific projects, AI*IM Consent sees itself as a contact point for ethical questions and ideas as well as a place for participatory reflection in the focus area.