What does a PFH professor do in Brussels?

Yesterday was the day again…Meeting of 𝗔𝗥/𝗩𝗥-𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Brussels. It was great to meet many friends from the industry in person again and to discuss and advance the topic of AR/VR in a European context. 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿… 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗱𝗮 Continue Reading

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𝗜𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗸𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗸𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 “𝗡𝗡𝗧𝗥 – 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆”. 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗹. 𝗔𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇-𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻… “𝘏𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘕𝘕𝘛𝘙”. 𝘶𝘴𝘸. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗻 Continue Reading

AI hype in 4 phases

𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟭 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗜-𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀….: 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼̈𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇 Employees are starting to use AI for their work. Unasked, uncontrolled, uncontrolled. Not strategically, not “intentionally”. They do it anyway to get their work done in less time. More free time! Better work/life balance. Continue Reading

EU AI Act comes into force!

So now the time has come… As of today, February 2, the EU AI Act (also known as the AI Regulation) has come into force! 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯 𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮ß𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗺𝘇𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗜 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻. For example, Continue Reading

Buy it now! Now! All of them!

𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲! This time with a clear “call-to-action”, blunt and direct. No long fussing around, preparing, analyzing, “picking up customers” or initiating. No next world-changing, mind-altering experience or the lure of limitless wealth, intellect, knowledge or eternal Continue Reading

Where has our German engineering gone…?

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 “𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁, 𝗴𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂̈𝗻𝗸𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿) 𝗨𝗺𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗟𝗼̈𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻. I fear we have forgotten some of this…. In Continue Reading

Microsoft – 80 billion for AI in 6 months!

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗯𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝟴𝟬 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗦-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗞𝗜 𝗮𝘂𝘀! A single private company thus invests around 250 times as much money in 6 months as the entire European Horizon program for AI funding, which has been Continue Reading

“If a computer scientist and a…”

“𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁…” 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁, 𝘄𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝘀, 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗲𝗿. 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻…. And not only because of the respective hourly rates, but also because of Continue Reading

“Stefan, what do you do all day?”

“𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝘂 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗴” – 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗺𝗮 𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝘇𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵… My grandma is 93 and still pretty fit and curious for her age, but she has about as much to do with what I do Continue Reading