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When AI Becomes “Smarter than Its Developers”
Art & DesignIn one of his last interviews, the late German author, filmmaker and philosopher Alexander Kluge explores Artificial Intelligence and its ability to reveal hidden truths in unexpected ways.
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Opportunities of a Sustainable Economy
BusinessAhead of DLD Munich 2026, Stientje van Veldhoven (World Resources Institute) highlights the many benefits of shifting from extractive business models to sustainable ones.
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Photonic Chips: Computing at Lightspeed
DLD26Michael Förtsch, Founder and CEO of Q.ANT, explains how optical computing can give AI a boost at much lower energy needs – and open up a whole new world of supercomputing.
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When AI Becomes “Smarter than Its Developers”
In one of his last interviews, the late German author, filmmaker and philosopher Alexander Kluge explores Artificial Intelligence and its ability to reveal hidden truths in unexpected ways.Read the Article - Life & Science

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“We have done studies that show that people, when they have AI at their fingertips, are less creative. They come up with fewer different solutions to problems than when they don’t have AI available.”
“Rethinking the cruise industry starts with rethinking the tool. So we built a human-sized ship that is powered by nature, the wind and the sun, thanks to solar sails.”
“The winners in AI are whoever have the most data. And the good news is that the good guys have way more data than the bad guys have.”
“The previous Internet reduced the cost of distribution. But now the cost of creation of information, of media is going down dramatically, and the quality is going up.”
“Computers and human beings speak entirely different languages. Generative AI is changing this profoundly. In a way, English, German, Bavarian dialects have become the programming language of the day.”
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