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Public Lecture: The environmental impact of AI and grassroots resistance in Chile

Centre for Responsible Innovation

This event features a networking reception with drinks and canapés followed by a keynote public lecture by Dr. Sebastián Lehuedé– Lecturer in Ethics, AI and Society, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London - exploring AI's environmental impacts and grassroots resistance.


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Dr. Lehuedé’s talk will explore AI’s environmental footprint through fieldwork in Chile, where local communities resist water-intensive data centres and lithium extraction. He will highlight the ethical and political dimensions of these developments and argue for more place-sensitive and just approaches to AI innovation.

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To be confirmed