Brussels celebrates. AI is finally reigned in. The EU is ready for the future – and setting a model for the world. Except they forgot to define AI … and a whole lot of other things.
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If you’re in business and not investing in – or somehow using – AI, you’re missing out, losing touch with reality – according to thousands of headlines around the world – every week. Seriously – let’s do the math: If one (or even 10) percent are betting on AI and the rest is not, which group represents reality?
Wow! The ‘year of AI’ has just started and AI is already hallucinating. I’m not joking. Experts and pundits alike proclaim that AI systems (mostly LLMs) are having hallucinations – which (to them) is a very positive thing: It means the bots are becoming creative. Really? It looks more like a bunch of bugs …
If the question surprises you, you’re in good company. Most of us moved email (and a lot of other stuff) to the cloud 10+ years ago, assuming – and expecting – to be done worrying. Why does the question continue to pop up? Should we be worried?
Our digital world is software, created and built by software engineers. If the software stops, the world stops. That’s software power. Can they take it down – or abuse it? Of course. It happens all the time … and it’s getting worse.
‘It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear.’ The book title from 2007 by renowned author Frank Luntz works in many contexts, explaining the root of many, maybe most misunderstandings. And the reason why you don’t talk to your kids the same way as you talk to a colleague or…
You’ve probably noticed. Suddenly the newsbeat is about ChatGPT & co. becoming more stupid – less likely to deliver correct results. What’s going on?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve been hit by the AI hype wave. If you’re more than average interested you’ve wondered when the downturn comes. It always does – it’s as predictable as gravity – and the Gartner Hype Cycle. What happens then?
Most of us have experienced that if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. We’re most likely seeing only part of the picture, the rest being either hidden or ignored – or both. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case for most of our so called sustainable energy sources. Looking closer, they turn out to be not so sustainable after all. Quite possibly the opposite.
Ok, so AI will not give you more time (see part I). And AI can be this huge threat to mankind etc. – according to an increasing collection of experts. Sounds serious, but it’s still kind of distant, isn’t it? So let’s bring it closer to home: Is AI a real…