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…. 𝗞𝘂đ—ŋđ˜‡đ—ŗđ—ŋđ—ļ𝘀𝘁đ—ļ𝗴 – đ—˛đ—ŗđ—ŗđ—ļ𝘇đ—ļ𝗲đ—ģ𝘁, đ—ĩđ—ŧđ—ĩ𝗲𝘀 𝗘đ—ļđ—ģ𝘀đ—Ŋ𝗮đ—ŋđ—Ŋđ—ŧ𝘁𝗲đ—ģ𝘇đ—ļ𝗮𝗹, đ—Ēđ—˛đ˜đ˜đ—¯đ—˛đ˜„đ—˛đ—ŋđ—¯đ˜€đ˜ƒđ—ŧđ—ŋ𝘁𝗲đ—ļ𝗹. đ—”đ—¯đ—˛đ—ŋ 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗮đ—ģđ—ģ….? 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”. 𝗞𝗜 đ—ļ𝘀𝘁 đ—ĩđ—ļ𝗲đ—ŋ, 𝗞𝗜 𝘄đ—ļđ—ŋ𝗱 𝗴𝗲đ—ģ𝘂𝘁𝘇𝘁, 𝗞𝗜 𝘄đ—ļđ—ŋ𝗱 đ—¯đ—šđ—˛đ—ļđ—¯đ—˛đ—ģ!𝗔𝗹𝘀đ—ŧ đ—ē𝗮𝗰đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ģ 𝘄đ—ļđ—ŋ Continue Reading

AI – the elephant in the room

“𝗔𝗜 đ—ļ𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲đ—ŋ𝘆𝘄đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ŋ𝗲” – 𝘀đ—ŧ đ—šđ—ŽĖˆđ˜€đ˜€đ˜ 𝘀đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗧đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ē𝗮 đ—ēđ—ŧđ—ē𝗲đ—ģ𝘁𝗮đ—ģ đ—ŋ𝗲𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘁 đ—Žđ˜‚đ—ŗ 𝗱𝗲đ—ģ đ—Ŗđ˜‚đ—ģ𝗸𝘁 đ—¯đ—ŋđ—ļđ—ģ𝗴𝗲đ—ģ. 𝗘𝘀 đ—ļ𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲đ—ŋ𝗱đ—ļđ—ģ𝗴𝘀 đ—ģđ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁 đ—ģ𝘂đ—ŋ 𝘀đ—ŧ, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄đ—ļđ—ŋ 𝗮đ—ģ 𝘃đ—ļ𝗲𝗹𝗲đ—ģ đ—Ļ𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲đ—ģ đ—ēđ—ļ𝘁 𝗞𝗜 𝗸đ—ŧđ—ģđ—ŗđ—ŋđ—ŧđ—ģ𝘁đ—ļ𝗲đ—ŋ𝘁 𝘄𝗲đ—ŋ𝗱𝗲đ—ģ (𝗮𝘂𝗰đ—ĩ 𝘄𝗲đ—ģđ—ģ 𝘄đ—ļđ—ŋ 𝗲𝘀 đ—ģđ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁 đ—Žđ˜‚đ—ŗ 𝗱𝗲đ—ģ 𝗲đ—ŋ𝘀𝘁𝗲đ—ģ 𝗕𝗹đ—ļ𝗰𝗸 Continue Reading

Mergers & Acquisitions in times of AI…

𝘒𝘐-𝘚đ˜ĩđ˜ĸđ˜ŗđ˜ĩđ˜ļ𝘱𝘴 𝘸đ˜ĸ𝘤𝘩𝘴đ˜Ļđ˜¯ 𝘸đ˜Ēđ˜Ļ đ˜Ĩđ˜Ēđ˜Ļ “𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘸đ˜ĸ𝘮𝘮đ˜Ļđ˜ŗđ˜­” (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

𝗡𝘂đ—ģ đ—ļ𝘀𝘁 đ—ŧđ—ŗđ—ŗđ—˛đ—ģđ—¯đ—Žđ—ŋ 𝗱đ—ļ𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲đ—ē đ—Ļ𝗮𝗰𝗸! 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

𝗚𝗲đ—ŋ𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗲 đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗔đ—Ŋđ—Ŋ𝗹𝗲 đ—ģ𝘂đ—ģđ—ē𝗲đ—ĩđ—ŋ “𝗟đ—ļ𝘃𝗲-𝗧đ—ŋ𝗮đ—ģ𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁đ—ļđ—ŧđ—ģ𝘀” đ—ēđ—ļ𝘁 đ—ļđ—ĩđ—ŋ𝗲đ—ģ 𝗔đ—ļđ—ŋđ—Ŋđ—ŧ𝗱𝘀 đ—Ŋ𝗹𝗮đ—ģ𝘁 (đ—ĩ𝘁𝘁đ—Ŋ𝘀://𝘄𝘄𝘄.đ—¯đ—šđ—ŧđ—ŧđ—ēđ—¯đ—˛đ—ŋ𝗴.𝗰đ—ŧđ—ē/đ—ģ𝗲𝘄𝘀/𝗮đ—ŋ𝘁đ—ļ𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀/𝟮đŸŦ𝟮𝟱-đŸŦđŸ¯-đŸ­đŸ¯/𝗮đ—Ŋđ—Ŋ𝗹𝗲-đ—Ŋ𝗹𝗮đ—ģ𝘀-đ—ļđ—ŧ𝘀-𝟭đŸĩ-đ—ŗđ—˛đ—Žđ˜đ˜‚đ—ŋ𝗲-𝘁đ—ĩ𝗮𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀-𝗮đ—ļđ—ŋđ—Ŋđ—ŧ𝗱𝘀-𝗹đ—ļ𝘃𝗲-𝘁đ—ŋ𝗮đ—ģ𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗰đ—ŧđ—ģ𝘃𝗲đ—ŋ𝘀𝗮𝘁đ—ļđ—ŧđ—ģ𝘀). 𝗘đ—ļđ—ģ 𝘀𝗲đ—ĩđ—ŋ 𝗹đ—ŧ𝗴đ—ļ𝘀𝗰đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ŋ đ—ģđ—ŽĖˆđ—°đ—ĩ𝘀𝘁𝗲đ—ŋ đ—Ļ𝗰đ—ĩđ—ŋđ—ļ𝘁𝘁.

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

đ—ĸđ—Ŋ𝗲đ—ģ 𝗔𝗜 đ—ĩ𝗮𝘁 𝗲đ—ļđ—ģ𝗲đ—ģ “đ—Ŗđ—ĩ𝗗-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗜-𝗔𝗴𝗲đ—ģ𝘁” 𝗮đ—ģđ—´đ—˛đ—¸đ˜‚Ėˆđ—ģ𝗱đ—ļ𝗴𝘁, 𝗮𝗹𝘀đ—ŧ 𝗲đ—ļđ—ģ𝗲 𝗞𝗜 đ—Žđ˜‚đ—ŗ 𝗗đ—ŧ𝗸𝘁đ—ŧđ—ŋ-𝗡đ—ļ𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘂. đ—™đ˜‚Ėˆđ—ŋ 𝘀𝗰đ—ĩ𝗹𝗮đ—Ŋđ—Ŋ𝗲 𝟮đŸŦ.đŸŦđŸŦđŸŦđŸŦ$ đ—Ŋđ—ŋđ—ŧ 𝗠đ—ŧđ—ģ𝗮𝘁. 𝗗𝗮𝘀 đ—ļ𝘀𝘁 đ—ē𝗮𝗹 𝗲đ—ļđ—ģ đ—Ēđ—ŧđ—ŋ𝘁…

Supposedly, the thing (and yes, I am deliberately calling it a “thing”) is supposed to be able to “đ˜¤đ˜°đ˜¯đ˜Ĩđ˜ļ𝘤đ˜ĩđ˜Ēđ˜¯đ˜¨ 𝘩đ˜Ē𝘨𝘩-𝘭đ˜Ļ𝘷đ˜Ļ𝘭 đ˜ĸ𝘤đ˜ĸđ˜Ĩđ˜Ļ𝘮đ˜Ē𝘤 đ˜ŗđ˜Ļ𝘴đ˜Ļđ˜ĸđ˜ŗđ˜¤đ˜Š, đ˜ĸđ˜¯đ˜ĸ𝘭đ˜ēđ˜ģđ˜Ēđ˜¯đ˜¨ 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭đ˜Ļ𝘹 đ˜Ĩđ˜ĸđ˜ĩđ˜ĸ đ˜ĸđ˜¯đ˜Ĩ đ˜Ļ𝘷đ˜Ļđ˜¯ 𝘨đ˜Ļđ˜¯đ˜Ļđ˜ŗđ˜ĸđ˜ĩđ˜Ēđ˜¯đ˜¨ đ˜Ēđ˜¯đ˜¯đ˜°đ˜ˇđ˜ĸđ˜ĩđ˜Ē𝘷đ˜Ļ 𝘩đ˜ē𝘱𝘰đ˜ĩ𝘩đ˜Ļ𝘴đ˜Ļ𝘴” (source: https://medium.com/@derrickjswork/openais-phd-level-ai-agent-for-20-000-per-month-sparkes-debate-2cb26be7cb69) đ—”đ˜‚đ—ŗ 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰đ—ĩ: đ—ē𝗮đ—ģ 𝗸𝗮đ—ģđ—ģ 𝘀đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ đ—¯đ—Žđ—šđ—ą đ—ŗđ˜‚Ėˆđ—ŋ Continue Reading

Why do we search the internet for traffic lights, stairs, bicycles and other nonsense?

𝗖𝗮đ—Ŋ𝘁𝗰đ—ĩ𝗮’𝘀 𝘀đ—ļđ—ģ𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗲đ—ģđ˜„đ—ŽĖˆđ—ŋ𝘁đ—ļ𝗴 𝘂đ—ģ𝗱 𝘀đ—ŧ𝗹𝗹𝗲đ—ģ 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁đ—ļ𝗴𝗲đ—ŋ đ—Ļđ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ŋđ—ĩ𝗲đ—ļ𝘁𝘀đ—ē𝗲𝗰đ—ĩ𝗮đ—ģđ—ļ𝘀đ—ē𝘂𝘀 đ—ąđ—Žđ—ŗđ˜‚Ėˆđ—ŋ 𝘀đ—ŧđ—ŋ𝗴𝗲đ—ģ, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰đ—ĩđ—ļđ—ģ𝗲đ—ģ 𝘀đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ đ—ģđ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗠𝗲đ—ģ𝘀𝗰đ—ĩ𝗲đ—ģ đ—Žđ˜‚đ˜€đ—´đ—˛đ—¯đ—˛đ—ģ. Incidentally, the term stands for “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭đ˜Ļđ˜ĩđ˜Ļ𝘭đ˜ē 𝘈đ˜ļđ˜ĩ𝘰𝘮đ˜ĸđ˜ĩđ˜Ļđ˜Ĩ 𝘗đ˜ļđ˜Ŗđ˜­đ˜Ē𝘤 𝘛đ˜ļđ˜ŗđ˜Ēđ˜¯đ˜¨ đ˜ĩđ˜Ļ𝘴đ˜ĩ đ˜ĩ𝘰 đ˜ĩđ˜Ļ𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱đ˜ļđ˜ĩđ˜Ļđ˜ŗđ˜´ đ˜ĸđ˜¯đ˜Ĩ 𝘏đ˜ļ𝘮đ˜ĸđ˜¯đ˜´ 𝘈𝘱đ˜ĸđ˜ŗđ˜ĩ” and thus already points to the problems Continue Reading

I actually wanted to write a post here today about “𝗞𝗜-𝗗đ—ļ𝘀đ—ŋ𝘂đ—Ŋ𝘁đ—ļđ—ŧđ—ģ đ—ļđ—ē đ—Ļđ—ŧđ—ŗđ˜đ˜„đ—Žđ—ŋ𝗲-𝗘đ—ģ𝗴đ—ļđ—ģ𝗲𝗲đ—ŋđ—ļđ—ģ𝗴”. However, like many others here, I am still under the influence of the events that took place yesterday in the USA. Here, my original topic suddenly feels very small and unimportant and it feels wrong to write anything about it.

However, it feels right not to leave uncommented what is currently happening all over the world: 𝗲đ—ļđ—ģ𝗲𝗲 đ—ē𝗮𝘀𝘀đ—ļ𝘃𝗲 𝗗đ—ļ𝘀đ—ŋ𝘂đ—Ŋ𝘁đ—ļđ—ŧđ—ģ, i.e. the breaking up of existing structures, profound changes through “innovative” ideas and / or technological progress. And we need to Continue Reading

I recently received an obviously 100% AI-generated answer to an important and serious question from a very esteemed colleague. And was at a loss at first.

đ—Ēđ—ļ𝗲𝘀đ—ŧ đ—ē𝗮𝗰đ—ĩ𝘁 𝗲đ—ŋ 𝗱𝗮𝘀? đ—Ēđ—ļ𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗲đ—ĩ𝗲 đ—ļ𝗰đ—ĩ 𝗱𝗮đ—ēđ—ļ𝘁 𝘂đ—ē? I have to admit, it felt pretty strange! When my counterpart “doesn’t even bother” to respond personally to my request and instead comes back with chat-GPT-generated, 0815-soft-spoken content with no opinion Continue Reading