The initiative DIGHUM lectures started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DIGHUM lecture series.
Speaker: Simon Parsons (University of Lincoln, UK)
Moderator: Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Food is important. All of us rely on it, every day, to survive. At the same time, the methods that have been used to grow our food over the last 80 years raise concerns about long-term sustainability. Modern agriculture relies heavily on chemical herbicides and pesticides which have side-effects that cause ecological damage, and intensive agricultural practices have degraded soils and led to costly erosion. More sustainable agriculture is urgently needed, and artificial intelligence (AI) can help us achieve it. In this talk, I will look at ways that AI can help to make our food supply more sustainable. All the examples will be based on work at the University of Lincoln, some that I have been involved in, and some that is the work of my colleagues.
About the Series
A roughly bi-weekly seminar offers presentations and panels from worldwide thought leaders. It is typically held on Tuesday afternoons at 17:00 CET.
The bidt and the TU Wien are cooperation partners for DIGHUM lecture series.
Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics and IT. At the same time, it points to related apparent threats such as privacy violations, ethical concerns with AI, automation, and loss of jobs, and the ongoing monopolization on the Web.
For this reason, a new initiative — DIGHUM lectures — started with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism.
We will have one or more speakers on a specific topic followed by a discussion, or panel discussions, depending on topic and speakers. The exact dates will be announced at least two weeks before.
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