The Matrix, Star Trek and Co. are not only connected by the science fiction genre – the films also create visions of the future in which the relationship between humans and technology plays a very important role. In the 2nd season of the TUCscicast Special “Humans-Machines-Together” we want to deepen the many topics we touched […]
In five episodes, journalist and moderator Thibaud Schremser addressed various key topics of the Collaborative Research Center “Hybrid Societies.”. Now it is time for a résumé. In this episode Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold, Principle Investigator of the public relations project within the CRC, and Matthias Fejes from the press office of the Chemnitz University of […]
Artificial intelligence, deep learning, autonomous machines – these buzzwords sound like groundbreaking dreams of the future. But when will it be that these technologies are also naturally present in everyday life, one might ask. Or perhaps even yell, “Let’s stop it!” The thing is that these and other technologies are already work-in-progress and will become […]
Can we fall in Love with an artificial intelligence? Cinema and television have already played out romances between humans and machines in various forms. But how realistic is it for us to develop feelings for an algorithm or a robot? If machines are becoming an increasingly natural part of many people’s everyday lives and if […]
Come along for a moment and imagine the following: You get into your car in the morning, enter your destination and then sit back and relax or work on your computer – the car finds the way to work on its own. Red lights, pedestrians or obstacles are no problem for artificial intelligence (AI) and […]
Think of Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” universe, the Dalex in the science fiction series “Dr. Who” and the Borg in Star Trek. Besides these man-machine villains, there are just as numerous as positive portrayals of so-called cyborgs like Robocop. What they all have in common: Their bodies are technologically modified and thus appear […]
The Corona pandemic has turned our lives upside down. To prevent infections, people should meet each other as little as possible in public and private spaces – preferably not at all. What could be more obvious in this situation than having robots assist us? For example, to do the shopping or to perform care and […]
Machines are omnipresent in society. Within the Collaborative Research Center “Hybrid Societies,” the Chemnitz University of TechnologyI s researching how to improve interaction with them in the future. Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold, Principle Investigator of the public relations project of the CRC, and Matthias Fejes from the Chemnitz University of Technology press office give a […]