Long Night of Science in Leipzig – „Brave New World? Living with Artificial Intelligence“

As part of the „Long Night of Science“ on Friday, June 23, the GlobeForum, titled „Life in Transition,“ will take place at the Forum Recht Foundation in Leipzig, located at Universitätsstraße 20. Together with its partners—the Research Center Global Dynamics at the University of Leipzig, the City of Leipzig, and the Cyberagentur—the foundation invites you to a discussion about a society in transition.

On the first podium „Brave New World? Living with Artificial Intelligence“ Starting at 6:00 p.m., the discussion will focus on the far-reaching impacts of artificial intelligence on our daily lives and society. Together with researchers from the Cyber Agency and the University of Leipzig, we will explore the opportunities as well as the technological, ethical, and legal challenges associated with this technology. What questions do we need to address to ensure a good life in a future increasingly shaped by AI?
Among others, the following people are discussing this topic:. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Freudenberger (Professor of Communication Systems in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at HTWG Konstanz, and Head of the Key Technologies Division at the Cyber Agency), Prof. Dr. Christian Hummert (Director of Research at the Cyber Agency) and Associate Professor Dr. Martin Potthast (Assistant Professor of Text Mining and Retrieval at the University of Leipzig and Senior Researcher at the Scads.AI AI Center (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) at TU Dresden and the University of Leipzig). The panel will be moderated by an MDR journalist Marcel Roth.

Admission is free; registration is not required.

Be sure to join us for the second event at our location. „The New ’We"? Life in a Society in Transition After ’89“Starting at 8 p.m.!

You can find more information about the events at the Long Night of Science on the Event Homepage.

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About the Research Centre Global Dynamics
The Research Center Global Dynamics is a central institution at the University of Leipzig. ReCentGlobe is dedicated to the study of past and present globalization processes. More than 250 staff members from various faculties and disciplines work together at the center. They collaborate with the Graduate School of Global and Area Studies on the education and training of early-career researchers. The center also has labs for global collaboration, digital humanities, science communication, and knowledge transfer.

About the Cyber Agency
The Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity GmbH (Cyberagentur), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government, is tasked with advancing research and groundbreaking innovation in the field of internal and external security, thereby strengthening Germany’s technological sovereignty in the cyber and information domains. Its innovative projects carry a high risk of failure but, if successful, have significant disruptive potential.