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

𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮’𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘄𝗮̈𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻. Incidentally, the term stands for “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵” and thus already points to the problems Continue Reading

I actually wanted to write a post here today about “𝗞𝗜-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲-𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴”. 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: 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 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.

𝗪𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘀? 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗺? 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

𝗞𝗜 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗧-𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮!

AI is a company-wide transformation that is supported in small parts by IT. Melanie Kleemann has written a good article on this today(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/90-der-unternehmen-scheitern-diesen-fehlern-bei-melanie-kleemann-5m6ye/?trackingId=zf9bLEmp84KLxTH4TAScRA%3D%3D), which I am happy to endorse. In my view, there are 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗶 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗲 that every company must Continue Reading

That’s something to be proud of!

𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻!Yesterday, “my” students from the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen were able to present their results of a practical project “AI in Journalism” directly at SAT.1 NRW in Dortmund. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶̈𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 (…. 𝘣𝘭𝘰ß Continue Reading

What does a PFH professor do in Brussels?

Yesterday was the day again…Meeting of 𝗔𝗥/𝗩𝗥-𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Brussels. It was great to meet many friends from the industry in person again and to discuss and advance the topic of AR/VR in a European context. 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿… 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗱𝗮 Continue Reading

NNTR – no need to reply!

𝗜𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗸𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗸𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 “𝗡𝗡𝗧𝗥 – 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆”. 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗹. 𝗔𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇-𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻… “𝘏𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘕𝘕𝘛𝘙”. 𝘶𝘴𝘸. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗻 Continue Reading

AI hype in 4 phases

𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟭 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗜-𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀….: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼̈𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇 Employees are starting to use AI for their work. Unasked, uncontrolled, uncontrolled. Not strategically, not “intentionally”. They do it anyway to get their work done in less time. More free time! Better work/life balance. Continue Reading

EU AI Act comes into force!

So now the time has come… As of today, February 2, the EU AI Act (also known as the AI Regulation) has come into force! 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯 𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮ß𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗺𝘇𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗜 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻. For example, Continue Reading