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𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲! This time with a clear “call-to-action”, blunt and direct. No long fussing around, preparing, analyzing, “picking up customers” or initiating. No next world-changing, mind-altering experience or the lure of limitless wealth, intellect, knowledge or eternal Continue Reading

Machine learning lectures – a “downer”!

𝗡𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗹 – 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘁, 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀-𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻 😂! One student commented that the current topics and developments (technical, ethical, political, legal, etc.) had always “dragged him down” in many Continue Reading

Programming internship with Chat GPT – Grade 1.0!

𝗜𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗞𝗜-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗼̈𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟭.𝟬 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻! Why? 1. we need to engage with the possibilities of new technologies openly, 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 2. the student has engineered excellent prompts and used AI Continue Reading

Where has our German engineering gone…?

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 “𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁, 𝗴𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂̈𝗻𝗸𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿) 𝗨𝗺𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗟𝗼̈𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻. I fear we have forgotten some of this…. In Continue Reading

Microsoft – 80 billion for AI in 6 months!

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗯𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟴𝟬 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗦-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗞𝗜 𝗮𝘂𝘀! A single private company thus invests around 250 times as much money in 6 months as the entire European Horizon program for AI funding, which has been Continue Reading

Studying 50% faster thanks to AI – and what do we learn from this?

“𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘒𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 50 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘰̈𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘯.”– Dr. Sven Schütt, CEO of the IU Group, in an interview with McKinsey. 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵! What on earth does such a notion of Continue Reading

“If a computer scientist and a…”

“𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁…” 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁, 𝘄𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝘀, 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗲𝗿. 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻…. And not only because of the respective hourly rates, but also because of Continue Reading

“Stefan, what do you do all day?”

“𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝘂 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗴” – 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗺𝗮 𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝘇𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵… My grandma is 93 and still pretty fit and curious for her age, but she has about as much to do with what I do Continue Reading

Energy efficiency label for programming?

𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇-𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻? 𝗜𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘇? Let’s think about this for a moment… Programming languages form the foundation for software. We use them to develop interfaces, server applications, apps, processes, interfaces and much more. Both when creating the Continue Reading