How much of your life are you willing to trust to a machine? AI has quietly become part of our everyday lives. It’s always available, stores huge amounts of information, and can help us instantly. Most of us use it daily without thinking about what that trust really costs. After the lecture on ethics and…
Category: DFBW 2026
What if the game became real?
What if I could acquire skills the way I do in a game – not symbolically, but for real? • Cognitive upgrades via AI assistance• Physical boosts through robotics• A security “buff” via autonomous systems• No training. No learning curve. No risk. Just equipment.Sounds playful. The consequences are not.Because this is no longer science fiction….
The Hidden Cost of Perfectly Optimized Food
Imagine you walk into a food factory fifteen years from now. The space is black and sterile, humming with the sound of machines. No windows. No natural light. No humans in sight. A mixing machine adjusts water temperature and flour hydration in real time, its sensors reading dough elasticity to the microsecond. Perfect loaves emerge…
AI’s Hidden Environmental Cost: How Bad Are AI Systems Really for the Planet?
Artificial intelligence has become one of the most talked-about technologies of the 21st century. Tools like ChatGPT feel light, quick and helpful, but behind every answer lies a huge machine infrastructure that consumes vast amounts of energy and natural resources. While AI can support society in many ways, its environmental footprint is becoming impossible to…
Digital Food Business Week 2026
The Digital Food Business Week from the 5th to the 9th of January 2026 gathers a series of speakers around the topic of Digitalization and Food at the ZHAW Wädenswil as part of the consecutive MSc Life Science Specialization Food & Beverage Innovation. This event aims to educate students about digitalization in the food sector…
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