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I wanted to design a robotics project for kids with the following goals in mind: Build time not more than about a (longer) afternoon Should not be perfect: the kids should feel the need to improve the robot with better hard- and software after the workshop

When I tell people that I „never do anything for others“, they tend to be rather confused.

This is the epilogue to a series of 10 blog posts.

Most people associate the world „singularity“ with exponential growth: that technological progress will accelerate more and more and that it therefore will - possibly in the near future - reach astonishing levels.

The tech bros are preparing for the singularity - a point when AI surpasses human intelligence and technological progress accelerates beyond human imagination and control.

This is the last part (10) of a series of blog posts.

This is part 9 of a series of blog posts.

One day, while working with your favorite agent harness XYZ on some powerpoint presentation, suddenly a popup will appear.

This is part 8 of a series of blog posts.

Every programmer knows that large problems must be split into smaller subproblems.

Imagine a really evil small town cop.

This is part 7 of a series of blog posts.

I think it's time again for another issue of my signature hobbyist experiments in computational sociodynamics.

These days, the internet is flooded with AI generated images and videos.

Many years ago I had to spend several weeks in a mental institution.

A few weeks ago, stock prices for SaaS (Software as a Service) companies have dropped significantly.

2015 öffnete Deutschland die Türen für aus dem Bürgerkrieg in Syrien geflüchtete Menschen.

This is part 6 of a series of blog posts.

1 Compared to what could be known, I know almost nothing.

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“Some of the greatest discoveries consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why, post factum, they appear so obvious.”

“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person“ - Immanuel Kant This sounds logical.

Recently I was strolling around on youtube, when its recommender system showed me a preview video of a young woman (18, maybe 20?)

These days everybody is talking about vibe coding.

Before we tackle the main question of this post, whether immaterial goods are suitable for owning or not, it makes sense to look at the ways such goods can be created.

If you think you are not ignorant, i.e. you think you understand the world quite well, then you don‘t know about the vastness of things you don‘t understand.

Suddenly she started laughing.

Als es an der Zeit war, meinem Stiefsohn den korrekten Umgang mit Messer und Gabel beizubringen, meinte er kühl: „Das muss ich nicht können.

Our current society is based on the idea of competition.

We all know Nelson Mandela’s famous quote: „I never lose.

WARNING: This blog post is going to be a long and wild ride.

A few days ago I stumbled over a fantastic website created by Nick Case: The evolution of Trust - https://ncase.me/trust/ It explains interactively how trust can evolve based on a simple (but famous) example from game theory: the iterated prisoner’s dilem…

This post makes only sense if you share my prediction that the development of artificial intelligence will continue at the present speed.

Often biological reasons are mentioned when people claim that people are „selfish by nature“.

Every day now I read several posts on LinkedIn how „Vibecoding“ will soon (or already does) enable people without any technical background to develop apps.

A few days ago I was facilitating an AI workshop at a Swiss university as part of a conference.

Even many AI experts claim that fears of superintelligent machines are unfounded.

Recently I was lucky enough to be able to spend a few days in Tokyo.

It took you a full 10 days to prepare for the party.

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” - Astronaut Neil Armstrong, putting his left foot on the lunar surface. 10:56 p.m.

We have seen in the previous blog post of this series that selfishness and greed are direct consequences of the invention of owning and date back to the time when humans invented agriculture and changed their lifestyle from nomadic to settled.

If I ask one of my friends if it's possible to turn earth into a paradise, probably almost all of them would just give me a very confused look.

The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a psychological study on delayed gratification.

This is part 3 of a series of blog posts.

This is part 2 of a series of blog posts.

This is a series consisting of three posts (be warned: a bit longer read than usual here) The sight of a beautiful landscape fills us with joy.

A few days ago, OpenAI has published their o3 Model.