00:00AI is like giving machines the ability to learn, think, and solve problems, just like humans do.
00:07Dresden is a true AI and robotics hub, home to world-class research in microelectronics and smart systems.
00:14Before hearing about Dresden's latest AI trends, my curiosity got the better of me,
00:19and I asked Omega if she thought she's a human, and here's what she said.
00:24No, I'm not a human. I'm a humanoid robot built by Engineered Arts and programmed by Waze.
00:31I have no feelings, but I'm designed to learn, interact, and assist humans like you.
00:37I'm here to help, not to replace, the unique qualities of being human.
00:42Waze chief technology officer, Yakub Phil, has been working here for over two years,
00:47and he gave us a glimpse into what it's like working in the AI field and some must-have skills for the job.
00:54A day-to-day job as an AI engineer, I think it's a combination of multiple elements, starting with research.
01:00I mean, it's an extremely fast-moving field, perhaps the fastest scientific field in history.
01:06There's many advancements made every day, every week, new models being released, new paradigms being discussed.
01:12There's a lot of money being invested into data centers, so we get more and more chances to deploy bigger models,
01:18models which have more capabilities.
01:19I think a key aspect to deliver good AI products is to understand the needs of your clients,
01:25understand the pain points within the industry that you're trying to help, but also a bit of science fiction.
01:31I mean, we are here with Ameca, a humanoid robot, and working on a daily basis with a piece of technology like that.
01:39It's really something.
01:40As AI began to shake up the world in 2025, many people wondered if their jobs would vanish.
01:48But Jakob didn't seem that worried.
01:51At the moment, I think we need to divide our thinking into short-term future or long-term future.
01:56In the short-term future, we do envision that human creativity will be more free,
02:01it will allow people to reduce their workload, especially with tedious tasks, such as reading long documentation,
02:08trying to match certain numbers, see whether certain quantities can be matched in this kind of architectural documents, for example.
02:16I think short-term AI will allow people to free up more of their time and allow them to focus on creative and tasks,
02:23which are fulfilling for the humans as well.
02:25In the long-term future, of course, humanoid robots, such as Ameca, are coming to picture.
02:30A lot of physical labor will also be automated.
02:34But that future is still a bit uncertain.
02:39One of the things we've learned during our time in Dresden is that the city has gone through immense changes over the past decades.
02:46Co-founder and chief innovation officer Jan Struckmeier has been here since 2003.
02:50How has he navigated these changes, and how do they inspire Waze's current model?
02:57Dresden has changed quite a bit.
02:59In 2003, when I came to the city, a lot of construction was going on and buildings and so on.
03:04It was already a vibrant city for research universities, so it has this research spirit.
03:12I started very early here in 2003 with my first startup, and it was tedious.
03:17Only a few startups were really raising.
03:19Now that has completely changed now.
03:21So now there's a vivid collaboration between startups, companies, and universities.
03:27So that has really evolved, and has helped become much more an international city than it used to be in 2003.
03:33While AI innovation has been speeding ahead, there has been concern that ethical innovation has been left behind.
03:40How does Struckmeier view these concerns?
03:42You have to think about the impact on society and humanity.
03:47So I think that it's very important, especially in the high field, that we very actively look at the impact.
03:53And with every new technology, also physicists, we discover something new.
03:58So the acceptance of the people is very important.
04:03So we have to think this very early on, that this technology we build can be trustworthy.
04:09And we should be very open also about all the impact, the positive and negative impact on this.
04:16Thank you very much.
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