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Artificial intelligence watching while "thinking". Self-driving cars train. Programming robots. 3D print. Edit the own DNA with the gene scissors. Visit the Ars Electronica Center and see how new technologies, especially Artificial Intelligence, are transforming our lives.
The way to show people the benefits of technology is demonstrated via workshops to help visitors understand how it works.

https://ars.electronica.art/center/de/auf-den-spuren-der-roemer-in-oberoesterreich/

In the footsteps of the Romans in Upper Austria

"Technological progress has not left its mark on archeology - on the contrary: ever since more and more laser beams are scanning historical sites and valuable cultural monuments in order to preserve them for future generations in digital form and to make them accessible to science and the public , The Upper Austrian Provincial Museum, for example, relies on 3-D laser scanning when it comes to digitizing excavations or entire streets, point by point. The Upper Austrian company EF Tech provides the necessary technical know-how.

Photos are taken of the floor, the sky (ceiling) and the side walls by means of an exactly kept pattern. These photos are then assembled using various algorithms to form a 3D object. In the first step as a point cloud, then the geo-referencing takes place, afterwards the point cloud is optimized, condensed and calculated to a finished textured model. It took about four to five hours to scan an archaeological site, such as in Hallstatt, in color and in 3-D." 
Hieslmair, M. (2019). Ars Electronica Center. Retrieved from https://ars.electronica.art/center/de/

This is a derivative of my own work as the AI is used to create the visualised output from the laser scan reference points. The AI is trained on images of buildings and excavation sites with corresponding 3d laser scans to match. This is very much a 3d version of my own practice.