Weeknotes 35

What I did do

A lot of master thesis as always these days. But I'm starting to see some results so I got that going for me.

Bochum, again

I've visitied Bochum again this time on invite from the Max-Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, as I'm thinking about doing a PhD there. I was introduced to the team, had the chance to quiz them on everything PhD and Bochum related and was allowed to join a PhD defense and celebration afterwards. Lots of impressions in these 3 days, now I just need to decide whether I'm actually going to commit to a PhD or not.

This visit is also the reason why there was no blog last week, as I was stressing about doing a presentation for them.

Media

I am an AI hater I kinda agree. I'm also pretty feed up with AI to the point where I have an unreasonably negative reaction to anything that contains AI. But part of me feels like, I'm only making my own life harder that way, so who knows.

What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom I'm trying to not be so negative in what I put out, so to counteract the very negative previous article, this one I think is very balanced.

What is this? The case for continually questioning our online experience I'm not eloquent enough to add anything to this. Just read it it's great.

You do not need “analytics” for your blog I'll be honest I'm thinking about adding analytics to this blog. Mainly just because I'd like to know if anyone reads this besides my closest friends and family.

But the post has point. Is it worth it? Will I use the data for anything besides personal gratification? Is the tracking worth it just for private amusement? Is tracking bad if only used for fulfilling personal interests?

Might adding analytics even reinforce bad behaviours? What if there is no one reading? This will probably demotivate me, even though it shouldn't. So why even take the risk. I'm writing this blog for myself, not for people on the web.

But then again it really does interest me if there is anyone out there. I'll let you know how I decide.