Nowe zagrożenia dla muzeów. Między zmianami klimatu a sztuczną inteligencją
New threats to museums. Between climate change and artificial intelligence

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight two types of threats increasingly present in museums. Nowadays the first group of threats is the subject of many publications and scientific, political and social considerations - because climate change causes not only threats to human life and destruction of the natural environment or migrations, including cultural ones, but also changes the methods of heritage protection practiced so far. These changes are made possible by the use of advanced technologies increasingly guided by artificial intelligence, whose task is to interpret so-called big data. The implementation of complex programs that make decisions and influence the interpretation of the information obtained, while having a very important protective role, also raises more and more concerns, especially because in the process of their processing there are sometimes acts of intentional violation of the system or theft of digital data (hacking). Museums documenting digital heritage are furthermore vulnerable to intentional (theft or manipulation and falsification of information) or accidental loss of data on objects and surroundings, which can threaten the heritage, they care for on both a small and large scale. The article’s insights can be used for future next steps: specifying and analyzing risks for an institution, which should be done taking into account the specifics of the museum and the nature of the collections.

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