PinnedGerald Maria Dekkers·Jul 31, 2025People get stuck in the myth that AI thinks, but it’s a fallacy.Trouble is, who will stand up and declare for the world what “thinking” is? Until that time, it’s something else for everybody.
PinnedGerald Maria Dekkers·Aug 11, 2025I like to think I am doing good using Mistral instead of ChatGPT. Am I delusional?Using an EU-based AI is more an act of faith than making a real difference. Because the backbone is still USA through and through.
PinnedGerald Maria Dekkers·Jun 21, 2025AI is rapidly devaluating content creation, but I’m a writer so I don’t care.The price of marketing copy is plunging due to the use of AI. But so what if my profession is being taken over by AI? That’s not why I…
PinnedGerald Maria Dekkers·May 22, 2025In China, the heroes of AI are namelessWhy do we in Europe know all the American stars by heart? We must shake ourselves loose from the bonds of love for American culture and…
PinnedGerald Maria Dekkers·Mar 4, 2025How To Build A Low-Cost Chatbot For Small And Medium-Sized EnterpriseA chatbot on your website can save around 30% of customer service inquiries, meaning that it could save 20–30% in customer support costs…
Gerald Maria Dekkers·16h agoWhat Software Testing, AI Evaluation, and Continuous Learning Do to a Checklist for Building…What does a building inspector have in common with a QA engineer? More than either thinks.
Gerald Maria Dekkers·Nov 8Good News Sunday: Brendan Larsen’s satellites, Diwali 2026, Anish KapoorThis week: the astronomical photography of Brendan Larsen, it’s Diwali starting Nov 7, and the sculptures of Anish Kapoor.
Gerald Maria Dekkers·Nov 8The struggle, the pain, and the release: memory, and the narrative.Memory is the scar left by the wound that heals so slowly that it becomes a story. That’s what we want from AI.
Gerald Maria Dekkers·Nov 1Good News Sunday: autumn bloom, Serbia, Nina Hagen, and an anonymous poet.This week: autumn bloom, new democracy in Serbia, Nina Hagen, and an anonymous poet.
Gerald Maria Dekkers·Nov 1What’s needed for a truly sovereign AI-powered software development stack?The internet as the great knowledge base joining humanity is more a myth than ever. In a divided internet we in the EU need sovereign AI.
