Location & approach

Arrival by car

A2:
Exit 13 (Kreuz Dortmund Nord-Ost), direction Derne/Schwerte (B236), 1st exit direction Dortmund-Eving, next traffic lights turn right (Kemminghauser Str.), after 2.7km turn left (Evinger Str./B 54), after 1.1km traffic lights turn left (Deutsche Straße), after 500m on the left is the Evinger Platz.

A40/B1/A44:
From the Bundesstraße 1 (extension A40 or A44) to the intersection B1/B236 direction Lünen, 3rd exit direction Dortmund-Eving.

A45:
Exit Dortmund Hafen, turn left until the intersection Münsterstraße (B54), direction Eving, after about three kilometers turn into Deutsche Straße.

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Arrival by plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just about 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station by AirportExpress and from there to the university by subway (U-Bahn) 41. The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station. From there, you can get directly to Dortmund Central Station.

Arrival by public transport

From Dortmund Central Station, take the U 41 light rail (direction Brambauer / Brechten). The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". The Minister Stein Center is located on the right in the direction of travel of the streetcar.

You can find an overview map here.

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Location & approach

Arrival by car

A2:
Exit 13 (Kreuz Dortmund Nord-Ost), direction Derne/Schwerte (B236), 1st exit direction Dortmund-Eving, next traffic lights turn right (Kemminghauser Str.), after 2.7km turn left (Evinger Str./B 54), after 1.1km traffic lights turn left (Deutsche Straße), after 500m on the left is the Evinger Platz.

A40/B1/A44:
From the Bundesstraße 1 (extension A40 or A44) to the intersection B1/B236 direction Lünen, 3rd exit direction Dortmund-Eving.

A45:
Exit Dortmund Hafen, turn left until the intersection Münsterstraße (B54), direction Eving, after about three kilometers turn into Deutsche Straße.

You can download an enlarged general map here

Arrival by plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just about 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station by AirportExpress and from there to the university by subway (U-Bahn) 41. The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station. From there, you can get directly to Dortmund Central Station.

Arrival by public transport

From Dortmund Central Station, take the U 41 light rail (direction Brambauer / Brechten). The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". The Minister Stein Center is located on the right in the direction of travel of the streetcar.

You can find an overview map here.

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„False Promises“ of Artificial Intelligence

08/16/2023

This paper attempts to fathom the sources of the seemingly irresistible persuasive power as well as the fascinated and partly worried reactions of the public regarding AI-based technologies such as the currently much discussed language systems (ChatGPT and Co.). The aim is to decipher what specifics are attached to the technological promise of AI and the „myth of the intelligent machine“.

The development dynamics of every new technology, and in particular of artificial intelligence, is usually associated with promises of its special performance and completely new application possibilities. Against this background, the question posed in this article aims to fathom what special features the technological promise of AI has. It is asked where the obvious and seemingly irresistible persuasiveness, but also the fascination and fears of the public towards this technology come from, especially currently with regard to new language systems like ChatGPT. The thesis is that the technology promise has a very imprecise rhetoric. It appears simple, clear, and convincing, is fundamentally difficult to dispute, and opens up a wide range of connection possibilities. To achieve this, it relies on fuzzy conceptual metaphors, very unspecific assessments, implicit misconceptions, and overlooks fundamental application and functional problems of AI. In this respect, one can also speak of the "False Promises" (Noam Chomsky) of AI in general and of the new AI-based language systems in particular. Nevertheless, it is further assumed that the technological promise of AI ultimately does not feed its lasting persuasive power from the aforementioned opacity and lack of substantiality, but rather draws from the old “myth of the intelligent machine”, which is equal to, if not superior to, human intelligence.