Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Together in Regensburg
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When Machines Think: Artificial Intelligence in Societal Change
Artificial Intelligence is already shaping medicine, mobility, and media today. The free lecture by the adult education center of the city of Regensburg invites you on October 19, 2026, to consider current applications of AI and jointly assess its societal opportunities and challenges.
Concrete Examples from Everyday Life
Several application areas will be the focus, where AI systems already raise important questions. Examples from medicine, mobility, and media will illustrate how automated processes support decisions, change processes, and open up new possibilities.
Opportunities and Challenges Discussed Objectively
The event combines understandable knowledge transfer with societal context. It addresses topics that have been discussed in the respective fields for some time, but the rapid development of artificial intelligence has given them new urgency. The audience atmosphere promises an open exchange about responsibility, benefits, and limits of modern technologies.
Science Meets Public
The event is part of the focus on Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization from the adult education center and the city library of Regensburg. The evening is organized by the city of Regensburg and the adult education center in cooperation with the research cluster on Ethics, Technology Assessment, and Sustainable Business Management at OTH Regensburg. The lecture is led by Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Karsten Weber.
Event Experience at the Thon-Dittmer-Palais
The lecture takes place in person in room 219 of the historic Thon-Dittmer-Palais at Regensburger Haidplatz. In about 90 minutes, interested parties will receive a well-founded orientation on current AI applications and the societal debates associated with them. Participation is free; registration through the adult education center is recommended.
Conclusion
Anyone who wants to understand artificial intelligence not just as a technical buzzword but as a societal question for the future will find an informative and accessible evening here. Experience the lecture live in Regensburg and engage in discussions about the opportunities and challenges of a technology that is already changing our daily lives.
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