Mediaradar: “Utopia or Dystopia? How AI is Rewriting Truth, Learning, and Labor”

As Artificial Intelligence rapidly evolves from a theoretical concept into the driving force of our daily lives, humanity finds itself standing at a critical crossroads.

Will this transformative technology usher in a utopian era of unparalleled efficiency, personalized knowledge, and boundless innovation? Or are we accelerating toward a dystopian future defined by mass displacement, widening inequality, and a fractured grasp on reality?

In this workshop, we are going to navigate this complex divide by examining AI’s impact on three fundamental pillars of our society.

The Workforce: The delicate balance between unprecedented productivity gains and the looming threat of human obsolescence.

The Information Space: How AI shapes the media we consume, the truth we share, and the risk of automated echo chambers.

Education: The shift from traditional learning to AI-driven personalization, and the challenge of preserving human critical thinking.

Diana Poudel is a digital and media literacy trainer and a PhD candidate in information resilience at the University of Tartu. She focuses on developing critical thinking skills and resilience in the digital information environment. Diana is also actively involved in the Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation (Naiskodukaitse).

The event will be held in English. For more information and registration, contact vo@tln.lib.ee or call 683 0960.