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From Rust Belt to Robot Realm: Germany's AI Awakening

Okay, folks, let's talk about the future of Germany. The land of bratwurst, beer, and bureaucracy. A country that once ruled the world with its engineering prowess, now seems to be losing its edge.  Cars? Bah! They're building those things in China now. And what about our beloved industrial heartland? It's looking a bit rusty, let's be honest. But fear not, dear reader, for we have a savior: Artificial Intelligence! Or as I like to call it, the magic pixie dust that will solve all our problems. At least, that's what the experts at the Falling Walls Science Summit seem to think. You know, the same people who brought you such groundbreaking innovations as the Walkman and the Rubik's Cube. One of these experts, a guy named Richard Socher, has a brilliant idea. He thinks we should start teaching kids Python in high school. Because, you know, what better way to prepare for a future of automation than to learn a programming language that sounds like a snake? And let...

AI: How Technology is Fueling Misunderstanding

In January 2021, the artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI released a limited version of a piece of software called Dall-E. The software allowed users to type in a simple description of an image they had in mind, and after a brief pause, the software provided an almost eerily good interpretation of their proposal, worthy of a hired illustrator or Adobe-savvy designer - but a lot faster and free. Typing in, for example, "a pig with wings flying over the moon illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" resulted after a minute or two of processing in something reminiscent of the blotchy but recognizable watercolor brushes of the creator of The Little Prince.   AI DALL-E Screenshots About a year later, as the software was released more widely, the internet went wild. Social media has been inundated with all manner of bizarre and wondrous creations, an overflowing hodgepodge of fantasies and artistic sty...