Maximilian Locher

thinking, doubting, loving - Tarifsekretär@IGMetall_BW, Researching & Lecturing

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

This is honestly shocking.

Three months ago, Hong Wang was awarded the Fields Medal for resolving the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions.

Today, OpenAI released a proposed proof of the conjecture in ALL dimensions.

And that’s not all. It also announced a proposed existence proof for quantum chromodynamics and a proposed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis.

Experts say that, if confirmed, these would be Nobel prize and Turing award level discoveries respectively.

A journalist just asked me: “What remains for humans to do?”

I think it’s becoming increasingly clear that more and more problem solving will be automated.

But humans will remain crucial in determining the direction of discovery. Deciding which problems are worth solving.

Because the value of a discovery depends on our needs, our priorities and the kind of world we want to build.

There will be a shift from problem solving to problem setting.

I also think there will be huge individual differences.

People with strong critical thinking skills, creativity and imagination will be supercharged by AI.

People without those skills risk surrendering to it.

I’m particularly concerned for children, who may never develop these skills.

I think epistemic literacy - how to distinguish information from knowledge - is the single most important skill we should be teaching.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. https://t.co/8AyV60gg1X

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

us special envoy steve witkoff to president putin: “you talk so much about my president, president trump, being a humanitarian. you are a humanitarian also, sir, and i salute that.”

truly hard to watch.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“At a time when Donald Trump’s party is struggling to hold both houses of Congress and his own approval ratings are cratering to historic lows, the President has been campaigning hard all week against . . . Volodymyr Zelensky,” Susan B. Glasser writes. “Yes, Trump’s October preëlection surprise is that he’s finally decided to begin openly helping Vladimir Putin in Russia’s war of conquest against Ukraine.”

“Trump has pivoted to Putin so many times before that it should hardly astonish anyone that he did it again,” Glasser continues. “But these crises that Trump provokes with such regularity always manage to reveal something new, and this one has been no exception, showing a President so politically cornered by the consequences of his war in the Middle East that he turned to Putin to help him out with less than three weeks to go before the midterm elections.” Read her latest column: https://t.co/3Y9r03Q5Gv

[Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke]

Der Mann will kein Bürgergeld mehr für ukrainische Kriegsflüchtlinge in Deutschland ausgeben.

Dafür will er der Ukraine die militärische Unterstützung durch Deutschland entziehen.

Ja. Das ist genau so dumm, wie es sich anhört.

[Karin Prien @PrienKarin]

Warum empört sich die Welt nicht über den erneuten Versuch eines Massenmordes an jüdischen Menschen?

[Hasnain Kazim @HasnainKazim]

Es ist mir ein absolutes Rätsel, warum SPD und Grüne es in Berlin nicht zustande bringen, klipp und klar zu sagen: „Wir verhandeln nicht mit Antisemiten! Es wird keine Koalition mit Islamistenverehrern und ‚Yalla Yalla Intifada’-Fuzzis geben!“ Was ist daran so schwer? Mit Rechtsextremisten verhandelt ihr - zu Recht! - doch auch nicht.

[Justus Bender @JustusBender]

Ulrich Siegmund will die "Abschiebeoffensive" seiner Partei mit militärischen Rüstungsgütern durchsetzen.

[Ulrich Speck @ulrichspeck]

My take is similar: AfD is hijacking "change". Many Germans understand that continuity isn't enough anymore amid major geopolitical and technological change. Yet mainstream parties fail to present their versions of change: a positive image of the future in which Germany thrives.

[Mariam Lau @MariamLau1]

Manche verwechseln die AfD mit einer etwas ungehobelteren CDU. Ein Staatsamt werde sie disziplinieren. Eine gefährliche Naivität! Mein Leitartikel heute in @DIEZEIT

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

We are witnessing a shock redistribution from the many to the rich: The profit share is at its highest level since WWII. The first bump was sellers’ inflation which ushered in Trump. The second bump is Trump’s chaos casino designed to push up profits.

[Christoph Meyer @Meyer_FDP]

Klarer Kampf gegen Islamismus heißt: Gegenrede statt Gesprächsroutine, diskursive Abgrenzung statt Händeschütteln und keinen Cent Steuergeld für islamistische Strukturen. Punkt.

[Nurder Koch @NurderK]

Deutschland 2026: Eine Schwarze Pflegerin betreut einen AfD-Wähler, der sie früher statt bei ihrem Namen einfach „Afrika“ nannte. Eine Kollegin lacht noch darüber.

Dann liest sie ihm Passagen aus dem AfD-Wahlprogramm vor…

[Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke]

Und Personen mit solch asozialem Verhalten sind dann die AfD-Alternative zu den etablierten Medien?!
Gute Nacht, Deutschland, wenn das zu der „Normalität“ wird, die die AfD versucht, in unserem Land herzustellen.

[Nicholas Potter @n1ckism]

Früher Aktivist bei der „Heimattreuen Deutschen Jugend“ gewesen zu sein, wie es gleich mehrere Mitarbeiter des AfDlers Ulrich Siegmund waren, ist weder Jugendsünde noch Lappalie. Es geht um eine militante Neonazi-Organisation, die zu Recht verboten wurde. Dass manche nun versuchen, das zu normalisieren, ist beschämend und brandgefährlich.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

A metaphor for what Trump has done to our country in less than 2 years.

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Ulrich Siegmund will sich in Sachsen-Anhalt an die Macht lächeln. Hinter ihm: ein rechtsextremes Netzwerk und Personal, das selbst der eigenen Parteispitze Angst macht. https://t.co/msYe4cu6ys

[Fritz Kuhn @FritzKuhn1]

Die #AFD ist die gefährlichste #Drohne #Putins .

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Russia just bombed the Odesa stadium. The Olympics just invited them back by the way.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

We’re changing the rules.

When applying for a contract from the government there will now be one simple test: are you creating British jobs? And are you giving young people the skills they need for the future?

These new rules will ensure the £90 billion that is spent each year through government contracts supports British jobs, skills and people in every postcode.