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Critical Conversations About AI: Environmental and Ecological Costs of AI

Date(s): Wednesday, March 3 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Thinkerspace, G124

AI is reshaping how we learn, teach, create, work, govern, and relate to one another. Universities are being asked to respond quickly to technological change and guide students through a rapidly shifting educational landscape that we can’t fully see yet. And while the pace seems urgent, there are deep, complex, and incredibly important questions we need to ask that are ethical philosophical, political, ecological, pedagogical, cultural, and deeply human.

Topic: Environmental and Ecological Costs of AI

  • What environmental and ecological costs are hidden behind everyday AI interactions?
  • How does AI development reshape energy systems, water use, and regional and global infrastructure?
  • How should we weigh AI’s environmental costs against its potential benefits and uses?
  • Without global governance for planetary health, how do we protect ecological and environmental rights?

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These conversations are an opportunity to think across disciplines and perspectives; they are not about finding consensus.

Questions worth thinking about together: This series is designed around eight themes. Each month explores a critical theme through multiple lenses. We begin with tensions, contradictions, and questions that deserve sustained conversation. This is a monthly conversation series that takes place the first Wednesday of the month.

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Email TLCevents@ufv.ca
Facilitators: Anna Griffith & Sabine Décamp

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Event Location : Thinkerspace, G124

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Critical Conversations About AI: Environmental and Ecological Costs of AI
Date(s): Wednesday, March 3
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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