The red pill or the blue pill for AI and conservation

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Anil Madhavapeddy speaks at the Conservation Evidence conference at Pembroke College Cambridge about the choice facing conservation practitioners for the use of open vs blackbox AI.

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Discussing effective conservation with all the UK Chief ScientistsFeb 2026
Hosting the UK chief scientists for nature conservation at Pembroke to discuss TESSERA and AI for biodiversity, followed by the Conservation Evidence conference where I talked about choosing the open red pill over black-box AI for conservation decision-making.
Weeknote 2026/w2: Back from India and straight into the conservation conferenceJan 2026
Hosting the Conservation Evidence conference at Pembroke, recovering from the India trip, and keeping up with LLM developments.
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Conference talk

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Discussing effective conservation with all the UK Chief Scientists

Weeknote 2026/w2: Back from India and straight into the conservation conference