«No jokes»
“No jokes with names!” on the second day of the logistics, future, and AI congress “AI24” with a pun as “indestructible” However, the Westphalians are indeed serious about their intention to compete with Silicon Valley.
The state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, a region once dominated by heavy industry, appeared well-informed, standing alongside representatives from the Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) and the board of directors of the Lamarr Institute for Artificial Intelligence, which is only two years .Heold praised the innovation cluster around the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, as well as the new AI institute named after Hedi Lamarr, as "true pioneers"He noted that AI expertise, combined with logistics competence and close ties to industry, had practically popped up on the world map in recent years, alongside the gravitational pull of the San Francisco Bay Area and the legendary Silicon Valley. After all, RhineWestphalia- boasts more young academics than California currently has.
According to a study by Google and IW Consult, the value creation potential of AI in Germany is estimated at €330 billion, and in North Rhine-Westphalia alone at €68 billion. "AI is off-putting when it comes to photo forgeries featuring the Pope"says Wüst. But when it comes to early cancer detection in the life sciences, for example, the possibilities are practically irreplaceable. "If someone can play tennis again the day after serious treatment, it's almost too good to be true"In a case he knows personally, both are true: wonderful – and true at the same time. "That's not always the case in politics these days"he ventures, taking a swipe at new populist majorities shortly after the state elections in three eastern German states. He then raises the question of whether a defined defensive force, perhaps in the form of a NATO-style defense alliance, might be needed to preserve shared values in matters of artificial intelligence and the associated ethical questions.
At the conference, numerous experts, including luminaries like Jens Lehmann, had the opportunity to offer thought-provoking perspectives. The PrincipalScientist for Artificial General Intelligenceat Amazon, professor at the University of Bonn, and a leading figure at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS), pointed out that it took humanity between 200,000 and 400,000 years to develop language(s) for communication. AI, with its Large Language Models, is now poised to revolutionize communication and human interaction within just a few years. Publicly accessible opendomains" by a larger usercommunity."are continuously tested and improved
an uninterrupted data space is particularly important in order to leverage the advantages of artificialintelligence, , explains Michael Henke, Managing Director of Fraunhofer IML, introducing a segment on AI in industrial logistics applications. The goal is to connect virtual reality (within the computer) with physical reality as directly as possible.
For Henry Puhl, Harald Schröpf's successor at the automation provider TGW, the key to optimization lies in the "predictability" of process flows. Rhenus board member Stephan Peters admits that so much data from logistical contexts is already available "that we simply can't manage it without AI"Professor Julia Arlinghaus from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) politely insists that research must progress in order not to fall behind in the international competitive landscape. A robot that doesn't require complicated programming languages to be trained for new tasks would also be beneficial. "We are currently developing one that can be shown what to do next with a pointer"says the IFF researcher. She adds, "We will have to work relatively quickly because we are no longer able to answer all the questions that arise manually".
With the Lamarr Directorate
An AI should – if it can – help identify emerging problems and interpret them within their context. In any case, there's still plenty to do – figuratively speaking – as a casual conversation between Alice Kirchheim and Michael ten Hompel reveals Anew. platform, which everyone is proud of, is called "Don't worry about Logistics" – offering expert advice on all aspects of digital transformation.
Even without the much-cited AI, the actual digitalization of the transport sector is far from being as advanced as some would like.
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