Can I be bought? Of course!

After a lecture, a participant recently asked me: “๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐฬˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ? ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ถฬˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ถฬˆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ…”. Strange question, I thought…All right, to clear up any misunderstandings: ๐—๐—”, ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ผฬˆ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต “๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป”. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต Continue Reading

Waste of energy action figure

I was horrified to discover the next (hopefully-not) trend on LinkedIn today! Users are now starting to animate their ChatGPT-generated ActionFigures with Sora. I admit, it looks fun, is fascinating and invites you to play. ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ! ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ Continue Reading

AI – when quick fixes eat up the future

Have you ever thought about it: currently, junior developers are being thrown out because the AI can develop better. Senior developers are then only supposed to monitor the AI results…. ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด – ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น. ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป….? We Continue Reading

AI knowledge is no longer optional

It is no longer a question of “whether” we should deal with AI. Just as it is no longer a question of whether “this Internet will really catch on”. ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ž๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‡๐˜, ๐—ž๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป!๐—”๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ Continue Reading

AI – the elephant in the room

“๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ” – ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎฬˆ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป (๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ Continue Reading

Into the new semester

๐—”๐˜‚๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป’๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! Tomorrow is the start of lectures for me again and I am really looking forward to the next 12 weeks at the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Gรถttingen. This time there are four exciting topics Continue Reading

Mergers & Acquisitions in times of AI…

๐˜’๐˜-๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ “๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ” (in good Bavarian) and are currently becoming objects of desire just as often. However, in the age of AI, company valuations are no longer as simple and clear as they used to be (and they Continue Reading

270 terabytes of books stolen for AI training

๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ! As reported by several media (e.g. https://lnkd. in/e-bvsSX8), Meta has now confirmed that it used the illegal pirated library LibGen to train its AI. The explanatory memorandum states that books are of Continue Reading

๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ “๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ-๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€” ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ (๐—ต๐˜๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜€://๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ/๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€/๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ/๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ-๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€-๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต-๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜-๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€-๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€). ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜.

The now outstanding quality of noise canceling, even with in-ear headphones, makes it possible. Not only can you completely block out your surroundings, you can also decide what to “fade in” instead. And thanks to AI, this can now also Continue Reading

White house directly connected to Starlink…

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถรŸ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‡๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ. ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜‡ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ. In the current constellation with Trump and Musk, the mixing of government/state and private enterprise in the USA is consistent and logical (albeit Continue Reading