In the fast-paced world of technology, few concepts have proven to be as influential as Moore’s Law. This observation was originally made by Gordon Moore in 1965, co-founder of Intel, which has guided the exponential growth and progress the digital world has made for...
Will There Be A Computer-Induced Apocalypse in Fifteen Years?
Over the past couple of decennia, technology has developed quickly. Computers, smartphones, and other digital gadgets are an integral part of our daily lives. Whenever I want to know the current exchange rate of the Euro, how to bake banana bread or Taylor Swift’s...
Choosing prompts wisely: How to use ChatGPT optimally.
The AI industry is evolving rapidly, with major players such as OpenAI, Microsoft, Notion and Google constantly striving to maintain their competitive edge by launching products like Brad, Copilot and Notion AI. Among these, OpenAI's ChatGPT has been a pivotal product...
Is Chat GPT paving the way to a less intelligent society?
By now, everyone’s used ChatGPT to look something up. Whether it was a quick refresher on a topic for class, or a check for any errors in your work, or to write a Sinterklaas poem, ChatGPT was there. At first, many, including my cynical self, were skeptical that...
How Netflix chooses which movie you watch next.
Different Home pages? We have all been there, scrolling through the Netflix home page while not being able to decide what movie or series to watch. Some movies seem interesting, but not enough to really dedicate your night to them. It is certainly a common issue that...
The Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence: a Scientific Perspective
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives, from healthcare and transportation to education and entertainment. In recent years, we have seen impressive developments in AI technology, such...
Getting Featured on TikTok’s ‘For You’ Page
You have probably heard of it: TikTok. The widely popular app that came to existence after the acquisition of the video startup Musical.ly by the Chinese company ByteDance. Today, the app is used by almost 1.3 billion monthly active users, far more than Twitter and...
“Mijn studie komt me nog dagelijks van pas in de zorg”
Als oud-studente Econometrie verbetert Gerbrich Hoekstra nu dagelijks de zorg met slimme ICT. Vanuit softwareleverancier ChipSoft werkt zij aan oplossingen, waarmee afsprakenplanners binnen de revalidatiezorg alle beschikbare capaciteit optimaal benutten, afgestemd op...
Quantum Internet
Quantum Internet - it sounds like a typically made-up scientific term used in some movies, which ignores all laws of nature in the process to further the plot. In the case of quantum internet however, this idea seems far from fiction. Scientists are already working on...
Cyber-physical attacks
Computers are taking over manual labor at an unprecedented rate. Currently, 29% of all labor is automated. It is expected that, in the US alone, 38% of jobs are automated by 2030. This increasing level of automation also paves the way for new forms of attack by...
You might need to change your password and here’s why
Remember those good old times when you could just use an all lowercase letter password of just six characters? You might have to bury deep into your memories, since those times are long gone. For me, the last such password I can remember, was my password for Spele.nl...
Machine learning in financial markets
[latexpage] Data has become extremely valuable to many companies in the world. Huge data centres are being built to cope with the vast amount of it that is being transmitted every single second. Especially with the rise of AI and specifically machine learning, this...
Do you really need a VPN?
Are you reading this article using a VPN? If so, what made you decide to buy one? If not, did you ever consider getting one? Chances are quite small you have never heard of them, as everywhere you surf, advertisements flood you with the advantages of using a VPN. Many...
The impossible program
Each year new computer systems are put into the market, featuring increased memory capacity, better screens but perhaps most importantly, stronger processors. More processing power results in handling more tasks per second or, in other words, less time per task. A...
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