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Artificial Intelligence
Yvonne
Hofstetter
Wolfgang
lehner
… I look forward to the many great
applications enabled by mass individualisation
in the digital and the traditional
worlds. And at the same time I warn
against overstating the potential for misuse
that can obviously result from the combination
of virtually endless computing capacity,
extensive data stores and scalable
statis tical algorithms. Dialogue on transparent
technology and open society will be
nec essary to steer developments in the
field of artificial intelligence in the right
directions.«
( Professor Wolfgang Lehner heads the Database Technology Research
Group at Technische Universität Dresden. )
RUTGER
WIJBURG
… I think about the fact that there are two camps: the one believes
that we need to collect as much data as possible and simply input
it into an AI system for miracles to happen. That’s most users.
Experienced researchers on the other hand know that AI will only
be really effective for particular applications with good mathematical
models and conceptual work. My best experiences with AI were
when it was integrated in other processes.«
( Yvonne Hofstetter is a non-fiction author and won the 53rd Theodor Heuss Award.
She is managing director of Munich-based Teramark Technologies. )
THORSTEN
POSSELT
… I think of the opportunities for business and society, and of
acceptance and responsibility. Start-ups, investors, companies,
and citizens view AI with differing expectations. Curiosity
and enthusiasm for technology come up against fears over a
loss of control and jobs. We must investigate how man
and machine can work together and which competencies
are needed to shape a worthwhile future with AI.«
( Professor Thorsten Posselt heads the Fraunhofer Center for International Management
and Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig and is professor of innovation management
and innovation economy at Leipzig University. )
… I initially see the digital transformation
as a whole, which is giving rise to a
fundamental change in business and
society. Artificial intelligence offers opportunities
for entirely new applications.
Germany has important key industries
and can assume a leading role in this development.
Yet it is also clear that we
need robust and safe solutions for critical
applications.«
( Rutger Wijburg, PhD, is managing director of Infineon Dresden. )
PHILIPP
SLUSALLEK
… I think first and foremost of the exciting times that lie ahead
of us. At the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence we
are currently working on an AI vision intended to safeguard jobs and
prosperity. And the European initiative CLAIRE, which encompasses
over 1,000 scientists, will in future bundle AI research, combine
machine learning with actual understanding of content and in so
doing make progress in this field.«
( Professor Philipp Slusallek heads the research department Agents and Simulated
Reality at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence [DFKI] in Saarbrücken. )
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