The Pope as a figure in the AI showdown, like in Dan Simmons' Hyperion/Endymion - I truly didn't have that on my 2025 bingo card either....

On my blog, I regularly share (for example here ) very critical thoughts about AI development - or rather, how we as a society deal with...

It is almost as if Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, had deliberately wanted to fuel the discussion on AI and literature for the Leipzig Book...

The current issue of "auge" (which is German for "eye" and the acronym of the not quite as fancy"Amt und Gemeinde" = "Office and...

(c) S. Obermeier I am delighted to announce that from March 1, 2025, I will be supported as a member of the "Junges Kolleg" (Young...

We are currently – once again – in a very intense phase of AI development, where it's difficult to keep a cool head. After the progress...

An AI-face looking the way our faces should look right now In mid-January, I made a few predictions about AI developments in 2025. In...

A Glimpse Into the Crystal Ball (AI-generated, since I unfortunately don’t have a real one) January is now halfway over, so it’s high...