West University of Timişoara (UVT) is organizing a new meeting with science in the ArheoTim Conferences series, dedicated to one of the most current topics of the present: the relationship between artificial intelligence and the academic environment. The event entitled "AI and academic knowledge: a necessary conversation"will take place" Tuesday, April 28, 2026, from 18:00 PM, in the Amphitheater of the Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, located on Oituz Street no. 4, Timișoara.
The guest of this edition is Dan Stefan, a specialist with extensive interdisciplinary experience in archaeology, applied geophysics, GIS, artificial intelligence and data science. He works as a senior researcher at the National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians.
The effects of using generative platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or NotebookLM in academic work will be analyzed, from text writing and extensive bibliography synthesis to research assistance, programming, information organization and idea development. At the same time, the discussion will address the associated risks: dependence on quick answers, diminishing critical exercise, convincingly presented errors, as well as the tendency to substitute authentic intellectual effort with automated solutions.
Another important point of the conference is the emergence of ecosystems of AI agents that collaborate with each other to search for sources, verify information, synthesize content and produce multimedia materials. This new stage raises essential questions about authorship, method, academic responsibility and what must remain irreducibly human in education and research.
The event thus aims not only to be a technological presentation, but also a necessary conversation about the future of academic knowledge, about intellectual discernment, and about how the university can integrate new tools without losing its formative mission.
Public access is free. The conference is aimed at students, teachers, researchers, and anyone interested in the impact of emerging technologies on contemporary knowledge.
The event is organized by the West University of Timișoara, through Faculty of Letters, History, Philosophy and Theology, in partnership with Institute for Advanced Environmental Studies (ICAM), and reconfirms the institution's constant concern for strengthening the link between academia and the community.
