Author Archives: Shams

Schöffen-Studie: häufig illegale Absprachen in Strafverfahren

Bislang umfangreichste Studie unter Schöffinnen und Schöffen belegt Zufriedenheit mit dem Amt – bei vielen Absprachen bleiben die richterlichen Laien jedoch außen vor

Schöffinnen und Schöffen werden bei Absprachen in Strafverfahren entgegen den gesetzlichen Vorschriften häufig nicht einbezogen oder sind an Absprachen beteiligt, die illegal sind. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die bislang größte Umfrage unter Laienrichterinnen und -richtern in Deutschland. Dessen ungeachtet hält eine Mehrheit der Schöffinnen und Schöffen ihr Amt jedoch generell für wichtig und wäre bereit, es nochmals anzutreten. (more…)

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How to understand if an article is written by artificial intelligence

In 2023 we entered the age of artificial intelligence (AI) where ChatGPT is in leading position. AI’s getting more sophisticated and more human-like. It’s now tough to identify whether an article is written by AI or by a human. We asked ChatGPT for criteria on how to address this issue. Let’s see some astonishing facts: (more…)

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Eureka! Archimedes Running Naked Again with Joy

Here we go again with ChatGPT:

Prompt: You are a great physicist, mathematician and inventor of all time. You obviously know the story of Archimedes, how he invented the method for determining the volume of an object and his joyful crying “Eureka!“. Can you please describe it in a way that even someone who has no knowledge of physics understand it clearly and find it very amusing. I mean, can you bring some fun to the story as well? Please take your time and write it in details. (more…)

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Diving into the ocean bottom steered by a video game controller

Imagine you are driving through Sahara, your car is powered by solar energy. Now all on a sudden, solar panels or the device that catches sunlight went out of order either due to a malfunction or physical damage that occurred as the trail you are driving through is rough or you just hit against any roadside object very hard. Although your solar device is labeled ‘failure resistant’ or resistant against severe weather changes, things on real expeditions can always face life-threatening challenges. (more…)

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How to convert decimal numbers into ASCII code? – an easy step-by-step ChatGPT guide

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a widely used character encoding standard. It represents characters as decimal numbers, with each character assigned a unique code. The ASCII standard uses values ranging from 0 to 127 to represent a total of 128 characters. (more…)

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