Can I be bought? Of course!

After a lecture, a participant recently asked me: “𝘬𝘰̈𝘯𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪 𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘪 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘦𝘯? 𝘞𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘶̈𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘧𝘶̈𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘻𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘯…”. Strange question, I thought…All right, to clear up any misunderstandings: 𝗝𝗔, 𝗦𝗶𝗲 𝗸𝗼̈𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵 “𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗮𝘂𝗳𝗲𝗻”. 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 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…. 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘇𝗳𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴 – 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗵𝗼𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗯𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘀𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗹. 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻….? 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 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗞𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘇𝘁, 𝗞𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗻!𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 Continue Reading

AI – the elephant in the room

“𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲” – 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗮̈𝘀𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗸𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗘𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗞𝗜 𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 (𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 Continue Reading

270 terabytes of books stolen for AI training

𝗡𝘂𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸! 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

𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗿 “𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀” 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 (𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀/𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱-𝟬𝟯-𝟭𝟯/𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗶𝗼𝘀-𝟭𝟵-𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀-𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗱𝘀-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀). 𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁.

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

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻 “𝗣𝗵𝗗-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗜-𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁” 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗸𝘂̈𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘁, 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗜 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗗𝗼𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿-𝗡𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘂. 𝗙𝘂̈𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝟮𝟬.𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬$ 𝗽𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁. 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁…

Supposedly, the thing (and yes, I am deliberately calling it a “thing”) is supposed to be able to “𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘴” (source: https://medium.com/@derrickjswork/openais-phd-level-ai-agent-for-20-000-per-month-sparkes-debate-2cb26be7cb69) 𝗔𝘂𝗳 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵: 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 Continue Reading