Samenvatting

A colomn about "the biggest knowledge festival in the Netherlands". Saxion University had rented a large tent. Eight Saxion professors and their students gave lectures on smart technology. Between the lectures, I walked across the festival site. What a profusion! Performances in every nook and cranny. On the big stages, the futurologists stood serving their well-paid lectures (€8,000 each) with lots of hot air. And again I was fooled by their window dressing and walked into a tent with a "head act". And again a completely inconsistent story, where the public was visibly served. The message: "We really have to change, because whether we like it or not, the artificial intelligence will change the world more than ever before". And he preaches what we should do, for he knows because he writes a bestseller every year! Fallacies all around?