Tag: Computer science
Artificial intelligence: "Data is not neutral"
Tired judges make harsher judgments, police officers are prejudiced. Is artificial intelligence the solution? The criminologist Tobias Singelnstein on the possibilities and limits of technology in questions of guilt and…
Dual Use in AI: Dangerous Algorithms – Knowledge
The same programs that detect drugs for diseases can also design deadly gas. The AI experts are faced with the question of how to deal with this dangerous knowledge. Of…
Jugend forscht – Shizhe He from Gauting wins at state level – Starnberg
Shizhe He is one of eleven winners. The twelfth grader from the Otto-von-Taube-Gymnasium took first place in Bavaria in this year’s “Jugend forscht” competition in the mathematics and computer science…
Quantum computer from D-Wave now calculates in Jülich – Knowledge
The new building, which houses the largest quantum computer in Europe, doesn’t exactly look impressive. If it had windows in its wood-clad outer wall, it could also be the day-care…
How computers learn to speak – knowledge
By Christian J. Meier At first the dialogue about love sounds very common. But then says “Hal” in the youtube video by computer scientist Alif Jakir: “I believe that you…
Netzkolumne: Junk Food for the Brain – Culture
The internet is just too much for the human brain. You can see this well in the mobile version of Google’s Chrome browser. If there are more than a hundred…
Artificial Intelligence: Research Field Odors – Culture
Machines can smell. That may not be a big step for mankind, but in the development of Artificial Intelligences (AIs) it was one of the final frontiers to sensory perception…
Federal Office warns of an “extremely critical threat situation” – economy
According to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), a weak point in a software module that is widely used on many computers leads to an “extremely critical threat situation”.…
Technology talk: IT podcast by women for women – careers
“Far too few women venture into the world of computer science,” say Sara Nill and Elisabeth Steffen. The two computer science students from Berlin have been designing with the “Female…
Technology talk: IT podcast by women for women – your SZ
“Far too few women venture into the world of computer science,” say Sara Nill and Elisabeth Steffen. The two computer science students from Berlin have been designing with the “Female…