Essays

Since 2018, I have actively been thinking and writing about how new technologies impact us. These non-academic essays aim to provide a critical perspective on tech innovations and inspire you to develop your views on the matter, too. Topics I cover are AI, cognitive neuroscience and cybersecurity.

Apr 18, 20207 min read

Why I am not afraid of singularity anytime soon (Part 1): Humans are their own biggest threat

In recent years, people from the likes of Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have publicly expressed their concern about the potential...

Jan 21, 202011 min read

The ultimate experiment to approach artificial natural language understanding

In this post I argue for a radically different approach to let machines learn to fully understand a natural language, as I believe the...

Dec 11, 201913 min read

On Privacy & Big Data Part 2: How to deal with manipulation in the digital age

In part 1, I wrote about the various concerns we as society should have about the non-transparent use of big personal data. The main...

Nov 25, 201910 min read

On Privacy & Big Data Part 1: Manipulation at scale

I recently saw "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" - a documentary named after American author and scholar Shoshana Zuboff's book...

Oct 13, 20197 min read

Experiencing beauty: a symptom of intelligence?

In the realm of what artificial intelligence (AI) can (not) do compared to humans, I want to share some thoughts in this post on...