Tutelare i Beni Culturali con l'AI | Claudia Masciulli & Paolo Mazzanti | TEDxRovigo

Cultural Heritage Preservation Challenges - Current monitoring efforts are insufficient, with a single monitoring cycle for 50,000 cultural assets potentially taking over 6 years [7] - Resource prioritization leads to unequal attention for cultural assets, similar to triage in emergency medicine [8][9] - Traditional methods for cultural heritage management face delays due to budget constraints, specialist availability, and authorization processes [12][13] Technological Opportunities - Digital tools, including AI, can analyze thousands of images simultaneously to detect subtle changes and anomalies in cultural assets, reducing analysis time from months to near-instantaneous [17] - Smartphones with high-resolution cameras (e.g., 48 megapixel) can capture details often invisible to the naked eye [21] - The widespread use of smartphones presents an opportunity to create a distributed, real-time monitoring network for cultural heritage [22][23] Citizen Engagement - The 6.5 billion smartphone users globally represent a vast network of potential "technological sentinels" [24] - Encouraging tourists and citizens to share photos of cultural sites can contribute to a comprehensive digital map for preservation efforts [26][27] - Shifting the perception of tourism from "overtourism" to collaborative preservation is crucial [28]