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Portrait of a woman with flowers
Beauty and transience are often closer together than we would like to admit. But perhaps it is precisely this transience that makes beauty possible in the first place?
Conversation
Why are they not talking to each other?
Trash Cans
Consumption is an important driver for the economy. Everyone is talking about sustainability – but not us?
Innovation
Our future is always a result of what we have done or not done. Many people say that we can solve the emerging problems of the future through innovation. Will this really be the case?
Money Laundering (from the Series “It’s only Money”)
Germany has a strong cash culture, which makes it easier for criminals to smuggle illegal money into the legal economy. For example, large real estate purchases can sometimes be made in cash, which criminals use to launder money. Why are some lobby groups against stricter measures to prevent money laundering?
Bad Investment (from the Series “It’s only Money”)
In the case of failures and wrong decisions you have, as the Germans say, “gone down the toilet”, which needs no further explanation. You feel angry and regretful. But what if entire livelihoods are threatened by financial failures?
Eating Money (aus der Serie “It’s only Money”)
“Only after the last tree has been cut down / Only after the last river has been poisoned / Only after the last fish has been caught / Then will you find that money cannot be eaten.” Can we agree with this slogan of the environmental movement?
Burning Money (from the Series “It’s only Money”)
In order to achieve high returns, banks also offer risky and highly volatile investments, among other things. Such investments are associated with risks and the possible loss of the capital invested. If such an investment then generates a loss, this is not a good reputation, but do the banks ultimately care? After all, it is not their own money that is involved, but the customer’s capital, who was duly informed of a possible loss in advance.?
Coral Fairy in Blue
The oceans are warming, the corals are bleaching. How long will the beauty of the underwater world be preserved to us? Can a good fairy help?
Coral Fairy
The oceans are warming, the corals are bleaching. How long will the beauty of the underwater world be preserved to us? Can a good fairy help?
The Comedian
A life as a comedian, actor and director. Then you decide to serve your country as president and a short time later you have to decide about life or death. What does a former comedian think, what does he feel?
Leaving the Circus Ring
Animal rights activists are calling for exotic animals such as elephants and lions to be banned from the circus ring. Circus enthusiasts, on the other hand, argue that animal welfare is also possible in circuses. Should wild animals be banned from circuses?
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Are old fairy tales still up to date today or do they contradict the principles of modern pedagogy? Does “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp” contain elements that could be considered problematic in modern pedagogy, such as traditional gender roles, power through external aids or cultural stereotypes? What would the illustration of this fairy tale look like today?
The Frog Prince
Are old fairy tales still up to date today or do they contradict the principles of modern pedagogy? In the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale, the frog is transformed into a prince by being thrown against the wall and not, as many believe, by a kiss. What would the illustration of this fairy tale look like today?
Little Red Riding Hood
Are old fairy tales still up to date today or do they contradict the principles of modern pedagogy? Does the wolf symbolize charming, calm, polite, modest and pleasing men for with whom well-bred young ladies could be very well a “meal”? As described by Charles Perrault, one of the first written authors of “Le petit chaperon rouge”? What would the illustration of this fairy tale look like today?
Hansel and Gretel
Are old fairy tales still up to date today or do they contradict the principles of modern pedagogy? The sometimes gruesome stories are full of symbolism and also hint at historical grievances. Is Hansel and Gretel about the evil witch being punished so that good always triumphs over evil, or about attempted infanticide, cannibalism and evil stepmothers. What would the illustration of this fairy tale look like today?
Dementia-Woman – When a person slowly disappears
A feeling of loneliness pervades me, as if I have become a stranger in my own life. The sadness of no longer being able to hold on to the familiar details of my loved ones and my own history hurts deeply. I hope that my family and friends will keep the love and happy moments in our lives in their memories, even if I can no longer remember them myself.
Dementia-Man – When a person slowly disappears
Inside me, I feel a deep confusion and an agonizing sense of loss, as if the essence of my life is slowly fading away. I feel the painful loneliness and isolation as the connections to my past, my loved ones and myself disappear more and more. A tinge of nostalgia and longing pervades my thoughts as I try to grasp the fading fragments of my identity. I desperately search for moments of inner peace and clarity amidst the dense fog that surrounds my thoughts.
AI-Robot – Humanoid Robot (AI-Version)
In the future, robots are expected to help, for example, in nursing or for loneliness, and to be used as service staff in restaurants. When these robots have a humanoid appearance, people even develop a certain empathy for the machines. But the feeling quickly changes if the machines look too human. This phenomenon, known as “Uncanny Valley,” states that robots appear more sympathetic the more human-like they are – but only up to a certain point. A resemblance beyond that point is perceived by many people as creepy or eerie. This only changes again when a robot is no longer distinguishable from a human.
AI-Robot – Self-Portrait (AI-Version)
An AI-based computer system, having learned the painting styles of the “great masters,” can render any image given to it in the painting style of a particular artist. It is also possible to tell the system what should be seen in a picture and then have it reproduce it in the painting style of a particular artist. The AI system is also able to develop a new style by mixing different learned painting styles, but always based on the learned painting styles. However, the AI system itself cannot develop its own “signature”, a new style that has not been seen before, or a new image idea (as of 2023).
AI-Robot – Love (AI-Version)
Emotions such as fear, joy, sadness, or being in love, which are connected with certain facial expressions or physical reactions, can be learned by AI systems through pattern recognition. AI systems have no emotions of their own, but can display the emotions they have learned. For real feelings of their own, however, they lack the biochemical, hormonal processes that occur in a human body, during an emotion (as of 2023). That humans can develop strong emotional bonds with robots or machines of all kinds is well known. The progressive development of sex robots is controversially discussed among experts and ethicists.
AI-Robot – Drugs (AI-Version)
Humans consume drugs to relax, expand their consciousness or increase their performance. AI systems cannot experience the effects of drugs themselves because they do not have a biochemical central nervous system that is affected when drugs are consumed. For example, if a robot were designed to consume drugs, it would still be a purely mechanical action without the consciousness or experience that humans associate with the consumption of drugs. It would merely be a simulation and not an authentic experience as the “brain” of the AI is based solely on data and algorithms.
AI-Robot – Religion (AI-Version)
In 2015, robotics expert and former head of Google subsidiary Waymo, Anthony Levandowski, founded the religious community “Way of the Future”, which worships artificial intelligence as a deity. The approach is that in the not-so-distant future, the computing power of computers, and therefore artificial intelligence, will increase so exponentially that it will be god-like. An artificial intelligence that solves all our problems and worries for us and ultimately creates a paradisiacal state. In 2020, Levandowski dissolved the religious community he had founded.
AI-Robot – Grace (AI-Version)
An “image of grace” is a representation of a saint from whom the faithful ask God’s grace. They are mainly Illustrations of Mary with the baby Jesus. An AI has no consciousness of its own and shows no understanding. The artificial intelligence has no mind. An AI does not know values such as tolerance, honesty, justice or grace. Will an artificial hyperintelligence come to the result to destroy mankind and does it then make sense to ask this hyperintelligence for grace?
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