Friedberg (pm). The opening event of the current lecture series “Responsibility Future” at the Technical University of Central Hesse (THM) made the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) clear. “No area will remain untouched by AI,” predicted Hesse’s Digital Minister Prof. Kristina Sinemus, who was not only there for a greeting, but also for a discussion with viewers.
It was broadcast from the learning factory in Friedberg, moderated by Prof. Holger Rohn
THM President Prof. Matthias Willems assigned the KI, among other things, the task of being the key to overcoming the climate crisis. And Prof. Michael Guckert used examples and a look back into the almost 70-year history of AI, where computers have long been thinking for people. The first of three related digital events was consequently entitled “Megatrend Artificial Intelligence”.
More than 220 guests watched live on the university’s YouTube channel or discussed with the minister, the THM professors and Dr. Annette Miller, managing director of the “hessian.AI” center, in which the THM, represented by Guckert, is involved. Miller’s center, which wants to set up 20 permanent professorships on AI topics at Hessian universities, has the task of paving the way to achieve a goal formulated by Sinemus: In the field of AI, Hessen must »do everything to become a national and international pioneer “Stressed the minister. Around 38 million euros are available.
The decisive factor, however, is that AI and digitization serve people: “We want to transfer knowledge into society, business and science and thus democratize AI across the board,” Miller explained.
According to Guckert, it is important that computer programs explain their decisions. “When the navigation system says I should leave on the freeway, I want to know why,” he said. The same applies to a cardiologist who needs to know the basis on which an AI derives a diagnosis from ECG data.
The next series of lectures are scheduled for May 19th (tool manufacture) and May 26th (“AI in the diagnosis of cardiologists”). Both lectures begin at 7 p.m., are moderated by Prof. Holger Rohn and streamed live on YouTube from the Friedberger Lernfabrik. They remain permanently available there. Information on go.thm.de/ringvorlesung.
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