Comedian Frank Richter wants to find out whether humans or machines make ‘better’ decisions and what this actually means. To this end, he asks passers-by on the street, a computer with a funny hat and researcher Alice Aubert fromZHAW. Her research focusses on decision-making processes at the interface between environmental sciences and society. For Alice Aubert, one thing is clear: there is no ‘better’ decision. She explains why not in the video.
The video is part of a DIZH outreach project by ZHAW and the University of Zurich. Support the researchers by completing the short survey below the video.
The ‘SciComm meets Comedy’ project funded in the outreach call is testing a video format in which a comedian sheds light on digitalisation topics in a humorous way. The aim of the project is to investigate the role of humor in communicating science. It will analyse how humorous elements can promote the understanding of complex topics and arouse the interest of viewers. The research team will evaluate the reactions and feedback to the videos to find out how well humor works as a tool for communicating scientific content.
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