Artificial Intelligence: Germany's youngest AI professor dispels the biggest myths
At just 30 years old, Alicia von Schenk has established the chair of "Economics of AI" at the University of Würzburg. She advises looking beyond the current hype surrounding the technology.
Alicia von Schenk, one of Germany's youngest professors, has achieved remarkable success in her academic career. At 30, she became a professor for life at Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg, where she heads the chair for "Economics of AI and Human Behavior". Von Schenk, who studied mathematics and economics in Frankfurt and Heidelberg, earned her PhD in economics with a focus on the impact of AI, graduating with the highest honors.
She notes that despite the hype around AI, it is not a single technology, but rather a collection of various tools and models, including statistical tools, large language models like ChatGPT, and complex neural networks.
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