How AI Understands the World: An Introduction to Embeddings

In this presentation, we will explore in a simple way how AIs are capable of understanding and processing large amounts of information. We will focus on embeddings, a key tool that allows a machine to convert words, images, and other data into numbers it can interpret. We will discover the wide range of applications this technology has, from improving internet search results to making the most well-known voice assistants smarter.

Organized by: WordPress Barcelona, collaborative project

Data Detox: Take Care of Your Digital Well-being

Do you feel that you have too much interactivity and end up exhausted, with no time for yourself? Would you like to better separate work from your private life? Do you want your data on the internet to be less accessible to large companies, their ads, or cybercriminals?

It's time to take control of your privacy, security, and digital well-being! In this workshop, we will delve into tools, tips, and habits to enjoy a safer, healthier, and more balanced digital life.

Organized by: Fembloc, collaborative project.

Participation and Citizen Empowerment: Methodologies for Experimentation and Collective Practice

What tools do we need to positively influence our environment? Would you like to learn how methodologies for experimentation and collective practice can benefit your project or group? In this session, we will explore how innovative experimentation techniques, although often lengthy processes, can be initiated and applied in community projects.

The 3 Ps: Manage Screen Time at Home with Presence, Progressivity, and Permissiveness

We cannot educate on the use of digital technologies without digital technologies. Responsible parenting must balance the protection of children and adolescents with participation (presence), accompaniment (progressivity), and regulation (permissiveness) of digital technologies.

With Professor and Educator Anna Ramis.

Organized by: Canòdrom

Assertive Communication in the Workplace

Continue the workshop series on soft skills, where everyone can experience these essential skills for professional and personal growth. In this session, we will address assertive communication in the workplace. Throughout the workshop, we will work on techniques and strategies to express opinions and needs clearly and respectfully, listen actively, and provide constructive feedback.

Organized by: FemCodersClub, collaborating project.

Screening of the documentary "Diari de la meva sextorsió" + Discussion

The documentary "Diari de la meva sextorsió" directed by Patricia Franquesa follows the story of Pati, a young film producer who faces sextortion after her laptop is stolen during a business trip to Madrid. The documentary explores the emotional effects of sextortion and how Pati navigates through initial shame to ultimately regain control over her digital life.

Discussion with the director and Fembloc as part of the 25N event.

Organized by: Fembloc, resident project.

Deactivating Hate: Combating Discrimination in the Digital World

Racism, sexism, LGTBIQ+phobia, religious discrimination... Intolerance and hate attacks against individuals and groups on social media often foster violence, but to what extent is freedom of expression legitimate when it infringes on other fundamental human rights? Why are social networks such fertile ground for hate speech? How is money related to this phenomenon? What can we do to build a different internet and leave no one behind?