Dr. John, what’s your topic today?
“Artificial Intelligence (AI)” …. Whatever that is?

What do you mean?
Nowadays, everywhere you look there is some kind of “vague” reference to how AI is going to change our lives from now on. The news media has made it a popular buzzword, but when you try to get a clear-cut definition for AI, all you find is some nebulous statements that seem to come from a science fiction novel. Okay, I’m not against
progress! In former times every elevator needed an operator to get you to the right floor. Today, this is no longer necessary.
Okay, but what does that have to do with the Business School?
Recently, a student submitted a seminar paper that had a large, colorful graph on the second page. It displayed time series data concerning the annual investments in five basic industries, comparing them to spending on tech nology innovation. It was a beautiful picture but there were no references indicating the source of the data. I asked the student and the reply was, “It came from the Internet.” I playfully responded, “Okay then, let’s see.” I started to Google the word Internet. The student laughed and added, “I used an AI program and it produced the graph.” Seemingly serious, I continued, “Then, you need a reference explaining that the origin of the data was AI?”


Ende Februar waren wir wieder voller Elan (wie das Bild oben deutlich zeigt) auf der größten Messe für Bildung, Job und Gründung in Sachsen-Anhalt, der CHANCE, unterwegs. Als Teil der 315 Aussteller (ein neuer Rekord) hatten wir an beiden Messetagen ordentlich zu tun und freuten uns über das große Interesse der Besucher (am Ende wurden rund 9000 Besucher an beiden Tagen gezählt). Im Mai ging es weiter auf der IHK Messe zum Dualen Studium. Hier haben wir unser Konzept der 3-Tage-Woche und unseren BBA-Studiengang mit dem Schwerpunkt KI im Management vorgestellt. Obwohl die Messe nur drei Stunden dauerte, kamen wir aus dem Erklären und Vorstellen nicht mehr heraus, vielleicht lag dies auch an unserem Paul, der mit seinem Drake-Meme die Interessierten anzog.