What impact does artificial intelligence have on sustainability and democracy?

Weingarten - Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU) will once again host the university-wide Artificial Intelligence (AI) ring seminar in the summer semester of 2026. As part of the series of events, there will be lectures throughout the semester dealing with the social opportunities and risks of this technology.

What impact does artificial intelligence have on sustainability and democracy? What does it mean to be human in the age of AI and what role does digital sovereignty play? These questions and more will be discussed in the various sessions.

Climate protection expert and specialist from Mercedes-Benz give lectures

For the first time this semester, interested parties from outside the university can also attend individual sessions and listen to lectures. The series of events starts on Thursday, April 23, with a lecture by Carolin-Anna Achberger, RWU's climate protection manager. She will talk about AI in connection with sustainability.

On April 29, the Head of Enterprise Data Ecosystem at Mercedes-Benz, Patrick Klingler, will demystify the topic of AI. Over the course of the summer semester, Professor Dr. Ziad Mahayni from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Professor Dr. Thorsten Thiel from the University of Erfurt and Professor Dr. Marius Hofmeister from RWU will also be giving lectures on the topic of artificial intelligence.

All dates and further information can be found on the RWU website.

Text: Caroline Kolb