How artificial intelligence is making our world a better place

Google, Facebook and others fill their pockets with billions using our data. But artificial intelligence can do much more – for example ending world hunger. During my studies in artificial intelligence I didn't learn that much about how powerful computers are. Most of all, I learned that many things humans do are less complex than we think they are. Here you can find our introductory text on artificial intelligence by the physicist and neuroscientist David Hofmann (German) Artificial Intelligence – even though the term triggers associations such as Do we want that robots take care of us in the future, wonders Dirk Walbrühl here (German) humanoid robots, world supremacy and apocalypse, very often it means »no more« than data analysis. This might sound less exciting, but it is a powerful tool indeed – not only to understand what we click and buy, but also to find answers to questions that might improve the lives of many people.