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A young female character, representing a doll, in a school uniform who is illustrated in the Japanese artistic and cultural 'Kawaii' style. The bright doll with green eyes is in the palm of an anonymous and sinister figure and surrounded by darkness and shadow in contrast to her colourful uniform. There is a faint web-like pattern on the figures and the background.

Ying-Chieh Lee & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Who's Creating the Kawaii Girl? / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0

When we talk to chatbots like ChatGPT they almost appear to be human. How is that even possible? Some of the clues lie in how they use language, how they address us, and how they talk about themselves.

By Marcel Kückelhaus
October 2, 2024

Gehirn&Geist, Intelligent ohne Gehirm

Is all life intelligent?

A recent publication illuminates facts and fiction in the controversy about a 'new biology' of the mind, where Andreas Draguhn provides a critical account of the 'new biology’ and concludes that blurring the distinction between mental processes (operations on internal representations) and merely adaptive mechanisms (biological reactions to changing conditions) are different and should be distinguished.

Gehirn&Geist, Intelligent ohne Gehirm
September 2024

Yasmin Dwiputri & Data Hazards Project / Better Images of AI / Safety Precautions / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0

Help! My vacuum cleaner is intelligent!

While science-fiction movies about artificial intelligence tell us that intelligent machines might soon take over (as does Elon Musk) and are a danger for humanity, science is still debating about what 'intelligence' actually is. Are humans really intelligent? Or is an elephant, a bird, a fish?

By Marcel Kückelhaus
June 24, 2024

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