FATE-AI: Futures of Agriculture, Technology, and Ecology in Artificial Intelligence

Set in a rural farming community in the Matese National Park region in Southern Italy, where students have studied in temporary classrooms since a 2013 earthquake, this project pairs a 30-hour AI course grounded in agricultural applications with a one-month artist residency. The result is an interdisciplinary approach that teaches technical skills alongside critical, ethical thinking about technology’s role in farming communities, leaving behind both new capabilities and a lasting piece of public art.