One of the most difficult things we encounter when dealing with the term artificial intelligence is the inadequacy of human language. The question of whether state-of-art artificial neural networks or other machine learning algorithms can or should be classified as intelligent cannot be answered conclusively, simply because there is no clear definition of intelligence. Or, Continue reading "A…
Modern web services consist of a variety of different own and third-party services connected and integrated to form a seamless experience (in the best case). And this happens for a good reason: As companies focus on their core business, they outsource everything that is not of strategic value for their operations such as ticketing systems, Continue reading "Use DNS TXT lookup to gain quick…
For a long time, I avoided Instagram for the most part. Not because I m a notorious social media hater or have privacy concerns but mainly because I haven t found content there that was appealing to me. This changed when I helped to build up a social media presence and it became part of my daily Continue reading "Fakestagram How bots and fake accounts simulate a vivid world in social media"
Recently, my colleague Peter was promoted and happily announced it on LinkedIn. Within a very short time, an interesting phenomenon could be observed under his post, the comments section filled with the following text: What happened here was clear: LinkedIn offers the possibility to reply to posts with ready-to-use text modules. A change of the Continue reading "Technology makes it easier for…
Admit it: You are dreaming of building this one thing that will make you financially independent for the rest of your life. Millions of young people admire those glamorous entrepreneurs with the mission to change the world and a lot of them tell the same story: Starting from basically nothing, in a garage, I just Continue reading "Why you will never become rich and famous like Silicon Valley…
What is good? And what is evil? Think about this for a couple of seconds, think about how you define those two terms and how you’ve learned how to distinguish them. This is not a trivial question, in fact, the concept of good and evil and how to define those terms is on people’s mind Continue reading "How can Computers learn to think? From Machine Learning to Machine Thinking "
Disney s latest animated movie Moana is once again a big seller: With a budget of 150 million USD, the box office revenue after one month already beats 500 million. If you take a closer look at the protagonists Moana, Tui or Tala, you ll notice that they look like cartoon characters but not like Continue reading "Why human beings in computer animated movies still don t look like real humans"
There are 2 billion children in the world (age 0-14) which means, statistically Santa Claus must bring gifts to 23,148 children per second on Christmas Eve to finish in time.