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The Backlash to the AI-Fueled Data Center Boom

Paris Marx

Generative AI is all the rage, but it’s very computationally intensive. To power their AI fantasies, cloud providers are planning a significant expansion of data centers, but their material costs are fueling a growing backlash. How much computation do we actually need to build a better world?
Business models
Climate crisis
AI
Science & Technology
Stage 2
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Talk
English
Live Übersetzung
Conference

Alexa vs. ChatGPT - Wer wird der Sprachbot der Zukunft?

Svea Eckert, Barbara Hammer

Wir fragen, sie antworten: Bots von Alexa bis ChatGPT. Doch was passiert eigentlich genau zwischen der Frage und der Antwort? Im Gespräch mit der Tech-Journalistin Svea Eckert erklärt die KI-Expertin Barbara Hammer, wie aktuelle Sprachassistenten funktionieren und lotet Stärken und Schwächen aus.
Platforms
Future & Utopia
AI
Science & Technology
Stage 5
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Conversation
German
Conference

Tech-Talk mit t3n & MIT Technology Review: Triff die Redaktion

Luca Caracciolo, Sabrina Schadwinkel, Marcel Romahn

Triff die Macher:innen der beiden Technologiepublikationen t3n und MIT Technology Review. Nutze die Chance, dich mit den beiden Medienmarken zu vernetzen, offene Fragen zu stellen und zu lernen, wie die beiden Redaktionen arbeiten und was sie für dich tun können.
Journalism
AI
Future & Utopia
Science & Technology
Pop-up Space
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Meetup
German
Conference

Don’t leave space to the billionaires! Satellitendaten für Anfänger*innen

Carolin Henze, Nicolai Moos

Satellitendaten verraten eine Menge über den Verlauf der Klimakrise, doch nur ein kleiner Teil der Bevölkerung kann sich diese Daten zunutze machen. Gemeinsam zapfen wir die Daten aus dem All an und untersuchen die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels vor der eigenen Haustür.
Climate crisis
Freedom
Sustainability
Science & Technology
Workshop 1
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Workshop
German
Wissenschaftsjahr
Hands On

Brute Force Censorship Never Went Out Of Style: Why Internet Shutdowns Fuel Political Violence, And What To Do About It

Anita Gohdes

Brute-force censorship persists globally—from Iran and Ethiopia to the invasion of Ukraine — large-scale Internet blackouts are everywhere. Governments claim they reduce violence, when the opposite is true. This talk will investigate how shutdowns fuel violence and what we can do about it.
Science & Technology
Stage 3
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Talk
English
Conference

Science in Science Fiction

Heiner Wolf

In Science Fiction gibt es Überlichtgeschwindigkeit, Antigravitation, Schutzschilde, Beamen, Fusion, usw. Dieser Vortrag gibt einen Überblick, was die moderne Wissenschaft dazu sagt. Was ist wissenschaftlich fundiert, was wäre vielleicht möglich und was wird immer erfundene Wissenschaft bleiben?
Education
AI
Future & Utopia
Science & Technology
Stage 10
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Talk
German
Conference

Empty Innovation: What are we even doing?

tante

The last decade was characterized by massively hyped technologies/companies who imploded without leaving much more than scorched earth. Why and how did we end up with so much Empty Innovation and what do these systems do to their users and developers? And how can we get out of that toxic loop?
Care
Common good
Sustainability
Science & Technology
Stage 2
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Talk
English
Live Übersetzung
Conference

How can academics from the Global North have an impact without imposing their idea(l)s on people in the Global South?

Georg von Richthofen, Ali Aslan Gümüsay

How can academics from the Global North have an impact without imposing their ideas and mindset on people in the Global South? We share key principles for changemakers interested in resolving this conundrum, based on a research project that involved activities in seven Global South countries.
Freedom
Participation & Access
Sustainability
Science & Technology
Lightning Box 2
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Talk
English
Wissenschaftsjahr
Conference

Wie Wissenschaft wirkt: KI im Factchecking

Caroline Lindekamp, Jochen Spangenberg, Benjamin Werner, Lisa Hegemann

Freund oder Feind? Hype oder Heilsbringer? Anhand von Use Cases zeigen wir, wie Künstliche Intelligenz beim Factchecking unterstützen kann. Wir erörtern die Entwicklung von Tools von der Forschung über Development bis zur Anwendung in der Redaktion - und gehen auf die Herausforderungen dabei ein.
Disinformation
AI
Participation & Access
Science & Technology
Stage 10
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Panel
German
Conference

Smart Agri-Box

Koffi Dodji Honou

Smart Agri-Box is an agricultural solution, adaptable to both greenhouses and open fields, the Smart Agri-Box acts like a Wi-Fi box. Automating irrigation, lighting, and nutrients, it maximizes yields. Paired with a mobile application, it simplifies management for modern and sustainable agriculture.
Climate crisis
Food
Health
Science & Technology
Makerspace
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DIY
English
Hands On

"Tech won't save us" live: Paris Marx & tante

tante, Paris Marx

In "Tech won't save us" Paris Marx speaks to experts to dissect the tech industry, the powerful people at its helm, and the products and services it unleashes on the world. At re:publica, Paris Marx will be joined by tante for a live session. Tune into their conversation via rp:audio.
Data
Digital rights
Civil Society
Science & Technology
17Ziele Podcast Booth
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Conversation
English
Conference

Digitizing to survive: a social technology for the revitalization of Amazonian languages

Ana Vilacy Galucio

Two thirds of Brazil's indigenous languages are spoken in the Amazon region, but the majority are under threat.

This talk presents an innovative approach to language revitalization through bilingual multimedia dictionaries, combining documentation of indigenous languages and digital technology.
Diversity
Digital rights
Participation & Access
Science & Technology
Lightning Box 2
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Lightning Talk
English
Conference