This series from the Indiana CTSI aims to educate attendees on leveraging AI basic principles and tools, its ethics to improve productivity, facilitate work processes, and address ethical considerations. The series is open to anyone interested in the topics, with each session lasting one hour and presented in a hybrid format – in person at the Regenstrief Social Hub (capped at 90 participants), or virtual (no limit).

Each session will also be recorded and made available after the event.

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July 15, 2026

Presenter: Titus Schleyer, PhD

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Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us? In healthcare, AI offers enormous potential to cut pollution and environmental harm, but it also consumes vast amounts of electricity and water. For example, replacing an in-person eye exam with autonomous AI can reduce the carbon footprint of diabetic eye screenings by up to 80%. AI can also make healthcare more efficient by optimizing heating and cooling in facilities (especially operating rooms), managing inventory, supporting clinical decisions, enabling telehealth, and powering remote monitoring. Yet, to make sure AI helps more than harms, we must use it sustainability. That means asking key questions: Do we need AI for this task? Which models can solve the problem with the least energy and water use? Are we optimizing the energy sources that power AI? And how can we encourage the development and use of greener AI technologies?