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SUMMARY:Artificial? Naturally! A Brief Incursion into the Politics of Nature and Digitisation
DESCRIPTION:This talk centres around the recent volume "Climate Change in 
 the Age of Artificial Intelligence"\, calling into question the AI-centric 
 view\, and discussing it as a specific historical and cultural emergence\, 
 rather than a neutral technological advancement. It thus proposes a 
 slightly different perspective on how we approach the ardent questions of 
 our times that paradoxically link climate change\, AI\, and our 
 culturally-shaped views on what "nature" means. \n\nPresenter: 
 \n\nAlexandru (Alec) Balasescu is an applied anthropologist\, teaching at 
 Royal Roads University in Victoria and working with Rewilding Europe 
 organisation in a project based in Danube Delta\, in his native Romania. He 
 received his PhD at the University of California\, Irvine\, and his most 
 recent book\, "Climate Change in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" 
 appeared in 2025 at Springer Nature publisher. \n\nThis presentation will 
 be in person\, Town Square D\, and online via Teams.\n\nA light lunch will 
 be provided at the in person event.
LOCATION:Town Square D
ORGANIZER;CN="Deirdre Grace":MAILTO:dgrace@bcit.ca
CATEGORIES:Food for Thought
CONTACT;CN="Deirdre Grace":MAILTO:dgrace@bcit.ca
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