In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there.
It was magazine week! We already informed you about our latest issue earlier this week, so I won’t say more about it than that we were very honored and pleased by your reactions. This is why we do it, and this is how we can keep doing it. We’re already focused on our next issue; more about that later. For now, if you haven’t had an opportunity to read it, just click here.
One of the articles in the magazine stood out for Albert Jan. It’s about technology having a consciousness. Have you ever wondered whether artificial intelligence could ever possess consciousness, akin to humans and some animals? Or that this might already be the case at this very moment in time? As technology advances, the age-old debate surrounding AI and consciousness has rekindled fervently. To shed light on this intriguing question, our colleague Elcke Vels spoke with two experts, Jan Broersen and Brad Saad, who hold contrasting perspectives.
Here’s what else caught our eye this week:
Daydreaming: A secret force in our hurried society
Dutch’s U-turn on expat tax regime could hinder the country’s innovative power
Common Ground: using AI to get a pulse on your community’s collective sentiment in real time
Which EU regions employ more women in high-tech?
Book on ASML starts a debate: “ASML is the premium Europe owes the U.S.”
Groundbreaking study reverses aging in rats
From handwritten notes to fully automated: ERPs indispensable in the manufacturing industry
Energy crisis: who pays the highest price for gas and electricity in Europe?
Unstoppable clean energy transition, new IEA report predicts
The troublesome guest: Huawei opens its first health research lab in Europe
The birds and the bees deserve more attention. This is why
And here you can find the rest of the articles we wrote last week. Have a nice, sunny week!
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