Barbara Hammer on “They Talk Tech”-Podcast

🤔 What makes agentic AI an “absolute nightmare” for IT security? Why do language models lack moral reasoning? And why does thinking for yourself still matter more than any AI tool? These are some of the questions explored in the latest episode of “They Talk Tech”, the tech podcast hosted by freelance journalists Svea Eckert and Eva Wolfangel, who dive into compelling tech topics every Wednesday alongside inspiring female guests.

👉 In the episode “OpenClaw, Heartbreak, and Hacker Risk: When Algorithms Control Our Lives” the hosts take on two fascinating threads: Svea has built her own AI agent using OpenClaw, designed to coordinate appointments, answer emails, and structure research. Sounds like the future, but how much of it is actually useful, and how much is dangerously premature? Eva, meanwhile, has gone behind the scenes of dating apps and uncovered how commercial platforms use psychological tricks to keep us swiping rather than settling down and how a bit of maths can outsmart the algorithm.

🤝 For the deep dive, they bring in a special guest: Prof. Barbara Hammer, Professor of Machine Learning at Bielefeld University and head of our SAIL research network. She shares her expert perspective on why agentic AI keeps security researchers up at night, the limits of large language models, and why critical thinking remains irreplaceable.

🎧 Listen here (in German): https://frauen-technik.podigee.io/70-new-episode or on your favourite streaming platform.