Offer for senior citizens
Lecture on artificial intelligence in everyday life
AI systems play a central role in the automation of everyday life, for example in the healthcare sector. The presentation provides an overview of current developments in the field and explains how artificial intelligence and machine learning work technically. // Photo Colourbox
Billions of people use recommendation systems on platforms such as YouTube and Netflix. Seven out of ten videos watched on YouTube have been suggested by an AI system. Through these suggestions, AI systems shape what users perceive and what they don't.
AI systems also play a central role in the automation of everyday life, for example in the public sector, education, healthcare and business. Automation concerns, for example, applications for language processing (e.g. translations) or image recognition (e.g. medical diagnostics), but also decision support systems (e.g. tax audits or predictive policing).
Dealing with AI systems is particularly important where systems shape decisions and opinions in an invisible and very subtle way. If users are not aware that YouTube, for example, adapts its recommendations to their interests and viewing habits, this can lead to serious misjudgements. This is why it is important to deal with complex machine learning systems such as ChatGPT, according to the event announcement.
Speaker Henrik Heuer, professor of trustworthy artificial intelligence design at the University of Wuppertal, will provide an overview of current developments in the field and explain how artificial intelligence and machine learning work technically. Dr Angela Mahnkopf, Chairwoman of the "Studium im Alter" association, will moderate the event and discussion.
Background
The "Studium im Alter" (vfsa) association is made up of senior students who have not only set themselves the task of promoting studies for older people at the University of Wuppertal, but also of enriching the university's programme with study-related lectures and information events.
The Study for Seniors programme is aimed at people who are looking for new challenges or want to realise long-held wishes for a degree, deepen their interests or acquire new areas of knowledge. The senior students study together with the young students.
The six-semester programme for older students covers a broad spectrum of social sciences and humanities, and other subjects can also be chosen. Participants can complete coursework in the form of presentations, written examinations or written assignments and receive a final certificate at the end of the programme. However, senior students also have the opportunity to study purely according to their interests, without taking any coursework or obtaining a final certificate.
Access to the degree programme for older people is open to all older people who wish to continue their education, there is no minimum age requirement and no university entrance qualification (Abitur) is required. Initial registration for the degree programme for older people is only possible for the winter semester and must be completed by 15 November. You can find further information on studying for older people on the website of the Centre for Continuing Education.
