2024-08-14 14:29:20
In a recent speech, President Gustavo Petro presented the first Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering at the University of Caldas, in the capital of the department.
At an event that promises to transform the country’s educational and technological landscape, Petro highlighted the importance of this new faculty, underlining its potential for “transform people’s lives and society in a positive way”.
During his speech from the university’s coliseum, President Petro outlined how this project fits into the National Government’s strategy to capitalize on the opportunities offered by new technologies. “Other cities will undoubtedly come along, trying to reproduce this first example,” said the president, pointing to Usme, in Bogotá, and Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, as future epicenters of technological development in the country.
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Life on other planets
But Petro’s speech was not limited to the terrestrial. The Colombian president surprised the audience by Share an anecdote that revealed his interest in space exploration. He recounted a conversation with representatives of the United Arab Emirates that left him reflecting on Colombia’s role in the space scenario.The Arabs from the United Arab Emirates told us something that left us a little silent, they asked us: ‘And have you already taken Colombian human tissue to Mars?“?’” Petro recalled, who confessed that the question had a profound impact on him.
However, far from being surprised, Petro interpreted the question as a call to think big, beyond current limits.I understood that they had made a reasoning beyond the present“, he reflected, highlighting that the real challenge of the future It is not just about finding life on other planets, but about bringing it from Earth to other worlds.. With a vision that seems straight out of science fiction, Petro concluded with a statement that resonated among those present: “What awaits us is bringing life to the planets.”
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