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

๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป “๐—ฃ๐—ต๐——-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—”๐—œ-๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ณ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ-๐—ก๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚. ๐—™๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ$ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜. ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜…

Supposedly, the thing (and yes, I am deliberately calling it a “thing”) is supposed to be able to “๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด” (source: https://medium.com/@derrickjswork/openais-phd-level-ai-agent-for-20-000-per-month-sparkes-debate-2cb26be7cb69) ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ณ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต: ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ Continue Reading

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

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ’๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป. Incidentally, the term stands for “๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต” and thus already points to the problems Continue Reading

I actually wanted to write a post here today about “๐—ž๐—œ-๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด”. 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: ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, i.e. the breaking up of existing structures, profound changes through “innovative” ideas and / or technological progress. And we need to Continue Reading