{"id":77463,"date":"2024-02-16T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schaltzeit.com\/?p=77463"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:13:36","slug":"seelenstaubsauger-oder-statistik-junkie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schaltzeit.com\/en\/soul-vacuum-or-statistics-junkie\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul vacuum or statistics junkie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77463\" class=\"elementor elementor-77463\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295be4e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"295be4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-050c58e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"050c58e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invitation to an after-work meetup with input &amp; food for thought on \u201cAI agents\u201d and \u201cvirtualized personas\u201d on February 29, 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036bf7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"036bf7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAI biases caused by one-sided, incomplete training data are being discussed everywhere \u2013 but what will AIs do on a day that never appeared in the training data of the last three years? On February 29, 2024, we\u2019ll find out! AI\u2019s very own Y2K?\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54beecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54beecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joking aside: to mark the leap day, we\u2019d like to invite you to our office in Prenzlauer Berg to explore how we interact with AI. Want to know what happens when you \u201cdata-donate\u201d your biography to an AI as a persona? Then drop by our little AI experiment on leap day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbcb785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbcb785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It will be thought-provoking and provocative. Together, we want to discuss what it means to feed an AI with snippets of our own identity. Several AI tinkerers and futurists will put their statements up for discussion: over snacks and drinks, there will be fresh keynote talks on how far we can \u2013 and want to \u2013 virtualize human personalities. What does that do to us? What consequences could it have?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba84f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba84f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat becomes of the urge to go higher, faster and further? If at the same time we want more time for ourselves, the motto would be to outsource as many processes as possible. The motivation is clear: whatever can be taken off our hands should be taken off our hands, shouldn\u2019t it? AIs, and large language models in particular, seem predestined for this.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90beed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90beed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What if we could virtualize ourselves? What if\u2026<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe343f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3fe343f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I hand over work to my virtual self? Does it think and respond the way I do? Can I even multiply myself?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I could ask my friends for their opinion and perspective at any time...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I could \u201crehearse\u201d a relationship argument with my virtualized husband \u2013 to be prepared \u2013 or delegate the discussion straight to our two virtual selves?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">I could talk to my late aunt to ease the pain of saying goodbye?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Would we still go out and demonstrate on our own two feet, or rather stay on the couch? Do I send my persona to the Wahl-O-Mat (Germany\u2019s voting advice app) by default?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ceb62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ceb62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Too much Black Mirror?<\/strong> Then come by and share your perspective with us. And if your fingers are itching, don\u2019t hold back: at various stations, you can experiment with us, feeding your biographies and perspectives into the AI. Voluntarily, of course &#8211; nothing is required, everything is possible!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc17d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dc17d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How far can and do we want to transfer human expertise and perspectives to virtualized personas? <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94b63ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94b63ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe look forward to your perspectives!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a95327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a95327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What does that do to us? What does it say about our understanding of knowledge? We\u2019ll provide some roughly built AI personas to try out and invite you to create small personas yourself and experiment with them. We also want to make plenty of room for discussing the opportunities and risks such AI applications can bring. For this, there will be fresh keynote talks by AI tinkerers and futurists over snacks and drinks\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align);\">\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\udd79\ufe0f\ud83c\udf7f<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align);\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align);\">A triad of trying out, understanding and discussing \u201cvirtualized personas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea1686 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cea1686\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2325fd0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2325fd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80210fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80210fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3cb291 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f3cb291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-ticket\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Tickets<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3d182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c3d182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Participation in the event is <strong>free of charge<\/strong>. A <strong>ticket is required to attend<\/strong>. You can book your free ticket via Eventbrite here:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b80469 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4b80469\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.de\/e\/virtuelle-personas-seelenstaubsauger-oder-statistik-junkie-tickets-813923415847?aff=blog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-ticket\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">This way to registration<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dabe4b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dabe4b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where and when?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd39302 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"dd39302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-map-marked-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">John-Schehr-Str. 34, 10407 Berlin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Date: February 29, 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-alarm-clock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">From 5:00 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ee1c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7ee1c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Disclaimer: <\/strong>By attending this event, participants agree that photos and videos may be taken during the event in which they may appear. 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