<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Hi everyone, </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;direction:ltr;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Please join us for the next<span> </span><i>AI Futures</i> seminar by<span> </span><b>Dr. Sebastián Lehuedé</b>,
 who will discuss his recent research on environmental justice and AI. 
The seminar is open to all, and will take place online on May 12, 2026 at 
1.30 PM BST. Register<span> </span></span><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman,serif"><u><a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/702b4fe0-8a93-41a6-86ae-d01faafefdcf@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61" title="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/702b4fe0-8a93-41a6-86ae-d01faafefdcf@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61" style="color:blue;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">here</a></u></span><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Beyond Hubris: In Situ AI and Peasant Ecological Struggles in Colombia</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Many
 'AI for sustainability' initiatives pursue ambitious goals, such as 
emissions reduction, yet often fail to address local ecological 
realities. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia, this talk 
analyses two initiatives: one led by Microsoft in the Amazon and another
 developed by scientists and peasants in the High Andes. Through this 
analysis, it traces the emergence of in situ AI, highlighting its 
capacity to engage with local ecological struggles and address 
environmental injustices. Nevertheless, questions remain about whether 
in situ AI can effectively tackle urgent, planetary-scale environmental 
challenges.</span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Speaker bio</b> </span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Sebastián Lehuedé is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in<span> </span><i>Ethics, AI and Society</i> in
 the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. 
Sebastián’s research focuses on the governance of digital technologies 
from a global social justice perspective. His current project,<span> </span><i>AI’s Nature</i>,
 explores the connection between Artificial Intelligence and 
environmental justice. In this work, he has engaged with urban, peasant 
and Indigenous communities in Chile and Colombia mobilising against a 
data centre project, resisting lithium extraction and participating in 
AI-centred conservationist initiatives. His previous project,<span> </span><i>Scientific Data Colonialism</i>,
 examined the governance of astronomy data in Chile. Sebastián’s 
approach combines ethnographic methods, political ecology and decolonial
 thought. He has also contributed to conceptual development on data 
friction, digital sovereignty and reflexivity in critical data studies. 
He holds a PhD in Data, Networks, and Society from the Department of 
Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and received 
the 2022 Dissertation Award from the Association of Internet Researchers
 (AoIR). </span></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>AI Futures seminar series</b></span></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">The<span> </span></span><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman,serif"><u><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanetaryai.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca310774bf8914defc56f08deace80930%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C639138309746595117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cKqUThzrh%2FmU4qxIrEBdb3zdf3eGD9zI6O033qoMEHM%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanetaryai.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca310774bf8914defc56f08deace80930%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C639138309746595117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cKqUThzrh%2FmU4qxIrEBdb3zdf3eGD9zI6O033qoMEHM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">Planetary AI</a></u></span><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif"> project
 is hosting the 'AI Futures' seminar series to centre alternative 
visions and technofutures for more just and equal worlds. We are 
delighted to engage with leading thinkers for conversations on 
developing visions for radically different futures: </span></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Dr. Jack Stilgoe - February 17 (in-person at Edinburgh, watch the recording<span> </span></span><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman,serif"><u><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanetaryai.net%2Fmedia%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca310774bf8914defc56f08deace80930%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C639138309746614410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tdfVh5VpRBGlL4T4lk2GiwmKLZX6t7HqdKrVVYYPdSA%3D&reserved=0" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanetaryai.net%2Fmedia%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca310774bf8914defc56f08deace80930%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C639138309746614410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tdfVh5VpRBGlL4T4lk2GiwmKLZX6t7HqdKrVVYYPdSA%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">here</a></u></span><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">) </span></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Dr. Rafael Grohmann - April 14 (online)</span></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Dr. Sebastián Lehuedé - May 12 (online - register<span> </span></span><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman,serif"><u><a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/702b4fe0-8a93-41a6-86ae-d01faafefdcf@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61" title="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/702b4fe0-8a93-41a6-86ae-d01faafefdcf@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61" style="color:blue;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">here</a></u></span><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">)</span></font></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;margin:0cm"><font size="2"><span style="color:black;font-family:times new roman,serif">Dr. Paola Ricaurte Quijano and Dr. Nick Couldry - June 16 (in-person at Edinburgh)</span></font></p></div><font color="#888888" size="2"><div id="m_1790683510528605332gmail-ms-outlook-mobile-signature" style="color:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;background-color:inherit"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">-- </span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Best, </span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Srravya </span></div></div></font><div><br></div><div><font color="#888888" size="2"><div id="m_1790683510528605332gmail-ms-outlook-mobile-signature" style="color:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:solid;background-color:inherit"><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><b>Srravya Chandhiramowuli</b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Research Fellow, <a href="https://planetaryai.net/"><i>Planetary AI</i></a> project </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">University of Edinburgh </span></div></div></font></div></div>