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If, after a visit to a museum, the public gains a better understanding of what life in times gone by would have felt like first-hand, then the educational aim has been achieved. A selfie station, which will be in use from December 2026 at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer as part of the exhibition ‘Sisi – Misunderstood and Immortal’, provides a playful introduction to this. Anyone who has their photograph taken there will be virtually re-dressed using artificial intelligence, in accordance with the fashions of the Empress’s lifetime. Glasses, hairstyles and jewellery will also be adjusted accordingly. If visitors like the result, they can download the file to their own mobile phone via a QR code and share it as they wish.

Expectations are sky-high, and so is the potential for failure: AI can support teaching – and, at other times, provoke roars of laughter when it has once again been particularly ‘creative’. The talk uses real-world examples to highlight how artificial intelligence can be put to good use.