Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence describes the attempt to teach machines to think - not in the sense of consciousness, but as the ability to recognize patterns, make decisions and master complex tasks. From language models and image generation to autonomous systems, AI is changing almost every industry today and opening up possibilities that were considered science fiction just a few years ago. At the same time, it raises questions: How reliable are such systems? What are their limits? And what impact do they have on society, the economy and personal freedom? This keyword brings together the background, developments and practical applications of artificial intelligence - explained in an understandable and critical way.

LLMS.txt for WordPress: Prepare Your Website for AI Systems with a Free Plugin

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llms.txt WordPress Plugin

For many years, search engine optimization (SEO) was the be-all and end-all for website owners. Anyone who wanted to rank well on Google focused on meaningful headings, high-quality content, fast loading times, and a clean technical structure. These basic rules still apply today and are likely to remain important for a long time to come. At the same time, however, the internet is changing at a pace that would have been hard to imagine just a few years ago. More and more people are no longer asking their questions exclusively through a search engine, but directly to an artificial intelligence system. Whether it’s ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other AI systems—today, a single question is often enough to get a detailed answer without first having to scroll through a search results page.

This raises a new question for website operators: How do these AI systems actually access the right information? And how do they determine which content on a website is particularly important?

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From FileMaker to the Cloud: How SchallOS Connects Business Software with AI, Runtime, and Updates

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SchallOS - Intelligent Application Platform

When developing a business application, the focus is initially on the visible tasks. Tables are created, relationships are defined, input forms are designed, and business processes are automated. As soon as the first users are able to work with the solution, a large part of the project appears to be complete. In practice, however, this is when the more challenging long-term phase begins. A business application must be maintained, expanded, and adapted to new requirements. Changes must be documented, new versions deployed, and existing data securely migrated. Added to this are different user permissions, data backups, error analysis, and the question of whether a solution should be operated locally, on a dedicated server, or in the cloud.

Many development platforms focus primarily on building the actual application. Additional tools and custom processes are added later for updates, documentation, deployment, and operations. Over time, this results in a technical environment consisting of many separate components that can only be kept together with considerable effort. SchallOS therefore takes a more comprehensive approach. The platform is designed to support a business application not only during its creation but throughout its entire lifecycle: from development through documentation and deployment to updates and ongoing operation.

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Software Development with Codex, ChatGPT, and AI: A Practical Guide for Developers

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Software Development with AI

If you had asked me a few years ago what software development would look like in ten years, I would probably have talked about new programming languages, better frameworks, or more powerful development environments. Today, my answer would be completely different. The biggest change isn’t happening with the tools, but in the way we as developers think and work.

As I write these lines, I am working on a new software system myself. For the past few weeks, I have been making extensive use of modern AI tools such as Codex and other language models. At first, I was curious; now, I’m mostly impressed. Not because the AI suddenly does everything on its own, but because it handles certain tasks surprisingly well, thereby enabling new ways of working.

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What is the meaning of life? A comparison of religions, philosophers and Helmut Thielicke

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The question of the meaning of life

There are questions that have been with mankind for thousands of years. Questions that never really go away, no matter how modern our world becomes. One of these questions is probably quite simple: What is actually the meaning of life?

Interestingly, the answer „42“ appears again and again today - usually with a little smile. The background comes from „The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy“ by Douglas Adams. In the story, a highly developed civilization builds a gigantic supercomputer that is supposed to calculate the „answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and the rest“ over millions of years. In the end, the result is simply: 42. The absurd thing about it is that no one actually knows exactly what the original question was in the end.

That's exactly why this scene became world famous. It is funny, but at the same time surprisingly profound. Because perhaps it describes a basic human problem quite aptly: we often desperately search for answers without even knowing exactly what question we are actually asking.

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How artificial intelligence is changing software development and FileMaker

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AI evolution in the development of FileMaker databases

Anyone currently scrolling through news portals, social networks or business platforms will quickly get the impression that artificial intelligence is changing the entire working world practically overnight. New tools, new language models and new promises appear almost daily. Texts are written automatically, images are generated, videos are created and software is sometimes prepared by voice input.

For many companies, this creates a strange mixture of curiosity and pressure. Because, of course, nobody wants to miss the boat. At the same time, many entrepreneurs, freelancers and developers do not yet know exactly which of these technologies will really remain relevant in the long term. This is probably the real peculiarity of the current AI phase: almost everyone senses that something is changing - but hardly anyone can really reliably assess at the moment how quickly and in which direction.

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From content to substance: how digital systems are created that cannot be copied

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System instead of individual content

When you move around in the digital space today, you very quickly get a certain impression: if you are visible, you are successful. If you have reach, you have influence. And if you produce a lot of content, you automatically build up something. This equation seems plausible at first glance - but it is deceptive. Because visibility is not ownership. Reach is not ownership. And content is by no means a foundation.

A post can be read thousands of times and yet practically disappear after a few days. A social media post can go viral - and at the same time have no lasting effect. Even well-placed content in search engines is not automatically stable. They depend on algorithms, platform rules and developments that you have no control over.

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From ChatGPT data export to your own knowledge AI: step-by-step with Ollama and Qdrant

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The path to your own AI memory

In the first part of this article series, we saw that the ChatGPT data export is much more than just a technical function. Your exported data contains a collection of thoughts, ideas, analyses and conversations that have accumulated over a long period of time. But as long as this data is only stored as an archive on your hard disk, it remains just that: an archive. The crucial step is to make this information usable again. This is exactly where the development of a personal knowledge AI begins.

The idea is actually surprisingly simple: an AI should not only work with general knowledge, but also be able to access your own data. It should search through previous conversations, find suitable content and incorporate this into new answers. This turns an ordinary AI into a kind of digital memory. This is the second part of the article series, which now looks at the practical aspects.

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ChatGPT data export explained: How your AI chats become a personal knowledge system

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ChatGPT data export

If you regularly work with an AI, then you probably know this: one thought leads to the next. You ask a question, get an answer, reformulate, develop an idea further. A short question suddenly turns into a longer dialog. Sometimes it even leads to entire projects.

But most of these conversations disappear again. They lie somewhere in the chat list, slide down and are forgotten over time. This is precisely one of the great features of modern AI systems: While previous conversations with colleagues, friends or advisors only existed in our memories, AI dialogs are completely preserved.

This means something crucial: With every conversation, a digital archive of your thinking is created. This is the first part of a small series of articles that will allow you to export your chat history from ChatGPT and use it effectively as a personal treasure trove of knowledge with your local AI system.

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