Learning to sleep like a
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‘Autumn, what a beautiful time with all those colourful things that fall at your feet or even come blowing towards you. Loesje’

Those searching for inspiration can go outside, with their heads in the wind, brainstorm with another person, or use a search engine to unearth an endless treasure of creativity, from people like those at the Arnhem poster collective Loesje, mentioned above. Long live the computer! It is even more modern to use that same computer to ask ChatGPT to write the entire piece for you. Convenient and completely up-to-date.

What do you get then? A perfectly neat text, that must be said. But something seems to be missing. Blood, brain, brilliance? No wonder, right? After all, the artificial intelligence programme draws from existing texts, knowledge, and ideas. Not an ounce of creativity. Nothing new is being created, only recycled. We instantly fell in love with the AI-generated photo of the cat on the windowsill in the article about sleep problems, by the way.

When it comes to understanding the world around us, artificial intelligence is indeed valuable. For example, you can use it to perform accurate calculations, analyze CAT scans, and even design new proteins or medicines. María Pilar Uribe Silve, who poses happily in a second-hand shop for this edition of Broerstraat 5, uses AI to search through immense amounts of texts on greenwashing in the fashion industry. CogniGron's research into faster, more efficient, and more durable chips is essential for the future of AI. Researcher Tamalika Banerjee recently founded a start-up dedicated to this purpose.

‘I told myself when I was making it: I shall not leave until there is something autumn-evening-like, something mysterious, something serious,’ is a quote from Vincent van Gogh, found using the keyword ‘autumn’. Students in Groningen organized a unique exhibition of his work in 1896, which put De Ploeg artists and art collectors on a new track. In turn, two alumnae of the University of Groningen created the exhibition ‘How Van Gogh came to Groningen’ about this. A good reason to wander through the city and museum once again?

Moving forward, another quote from Loesje: ‘So, that was the summer. Now it is time for the tough seasons.’