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At the intersection of culture and applied AI. Working on transformation beyond the tech bubble. bootstrapping Cultural Policy Lab

München, Bayern
Joined May 2015
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We have been given green light ans go-ahead for the first ever agentic research project in cultural management in Germany. We are going to conduct a quick study on the possibility of evaluating minimum wages for musicians at state and federal levels in Germany.
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I am heading to the Bavarian Forum for Cultural and Creative Industries, where I hope to advance towards digitally enhanced, agentic research in the field. I am creating databases, automating reports and publishing quickly. Tech is ready but demand in Germany is the issue 🤡
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How do you describe an agent to someone unfamiliar with the concept but interested? AI education is a tough challenge ans I may leave it for someone else else next year, as it demands considerable energy 🫠
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Building an agent skill that reviews and examines PhD candidates’ research through Jupyter Lab and GWDG models, with strengthened copyright and data protection. I paid €2000 for my PhD lectorate before publication. Such a system saves money + assists without surrendering control
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Tomorrow I will try to translate between technical HPC infrastructure hosted publicly through GWDG/KISSKI and research needs in the humanities and social sciences. I am very happy about this engaging collaboration between my lab and the grad school at University of Göttingen.
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Germany's federal AI Taskforce report mentions culture just 3 times. Meanwhile, the German Digital Library's budget was cut by 20% for 2026, with more cuts announced from 2027. To me, this is a strategic failure that needs to be addressed. 🧵
Deutschland wird bei KI nicht zuschauen, sondern vorne mitspielen. Bis 2030 werden wir KI-Nation: selbstbestimmt, sicher und nach unseren Regeln. Dafür steht der Digital-Gipfel.
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The report even promises incentives for cultural institutions to make their data "AI-ready", a stance I fully support. But that is exactly what the German Digital Library (DDB) does. You can't promise AI-ready cultural data in the strategy and cut the infra for it in the budget.
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I joined a sales call with an Indian founder from the UK who invited me to test his AI narrative analysis for the public sector. He proposed an immediate summary of our discussion, and I had the pleasant opportunity to introduce him to GDPR and data protection.
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Replying to @Klotzkette
@Klotzkette kennst du die abrufstatistik deiner github skills für deutsches recht?
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We have to do more workshops with young people about AI! Today I spoke with young adults aged 20–30 from diverse cultural backgrounds. They call for “bio AI,” much as “cows demand bio food to become bio meat.”
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workshop at Kulturspeicher Würzburg 30 participants under 30, coordinated by the Unterfranken region. We just completed an utopia lab imagining the world in 2026, with most attendees coming from arts and culture roles. Colleagues from GEMA are present to discuss copyright and AI.
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*world in 2062 of course 🤦‍♂️
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In an alternate timeline, stronger institutions would have tightly directed AI technology to avoid damage. Same with climate change I guess 🤦‍♂️
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Are my services too sluggish, too unfit to compete in times of economic upheaval? What we need is bold renewal. Making space for solutions that are efficient and built for the future. This also means challenging my own certainties along the way.
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I often feel like I’ve spent my entire life preparing for a world that no longer exists.
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It’s my second year trying to build a company with two employees while simultaneously juggling three small children, which is clearly a masterclass in bad life choices. Please, take this as a cautionary tale, not an inspirational one 😅
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This year is really giving me a run for my money, literally. While wrestling with the accounting today, I discovered I’m only about 10% behind last year financially. A true victory, if you squint hard enough.
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Tomorrow, 27 October | 10:30–11:45 CET Online & free Creativity and Technology: Perspectives on a Shared Future How is AI transforming creative processes – and how can creative impulses drive technological innovation? Looking forward to the exchange! bayern-innovativ.de/events-t…
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I’ll present key findings from the vbw study “Smart Creativity – AI in the Cultural and Creative Industries” (developed by Cultural Policy Lab & IW Consult).
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Last year, we collaborated with a German city as part of the UNESCO Creative City Network to develop a strategy for its music ecosystem. Despite all stakeholders lack of awareness about AI, we firmly believed in its importance and prioritized its integration into the strategy.
Imaginez l’état de l’industrie musicale dans 2 ans
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However, we were unable to persuade the city to implement our advisory recommendations and many things seemed to be more important. It’s disheartening to witness our collective lack of imagination and determination to shape the future.
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I really enjoy engaging with PhD candidates who are either hesitant to use AI, uncertain about its capabilities, or lack relevant experience. My goal is to help them comprehend the significant changes that lie ahead and identify effective workflows for presentations and data vis.
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The screenshot above showcases a Linux environment provided by @gwdg /KISSKI. This sandbox build is designed for agentic use and supports various harnesses, including Claude, Hermes, open router, pi, and deep seek.
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In Niederbayern, a Catholic chaplain solemnly vows the opening of a data center and prays for humanity in the wake of AI.
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Attending the opening of ROBERT, a new teaching and research facility at DIT in Deggendorf. Excited to pitch our pilot projects – turning fragmented data into usable knowledge, automating processes, and testing AI-powered services that could reshape how my sector operates.
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Former Bavarian state minister for research and culture Bernd Sibler, the head of the region, emphasizes the importance of striking a balance between humans and technology, asserting that technology should serve humanity.
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