Driven by a national delusion that Germans are somehow naturally very bad at digital technology, the country's government is rushing headfirst into a disastrous implementation of AI in government.

Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Bennet Piater, Sir Galteran and Fairero Voltier for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it!

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!

See Also

• Punching Upwards 27: LLMs Are a Dead-End
• Punching Upwards 24: The ELIZA Effect
• Punching Upwards 22: Moltbook Madness

Sources

1. Digitalminister im Bild-Interview: Wildberger über KI-Jobverlust, Bürokratie und Digitalisierung, Bild, 30 March 2026
2. Deutschland gewinnt internationalen KI-Preis, Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung, 4 February 2026
3. KI in der Verwaltung – Digitale Unterstützung für moderne Behörden, Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung, undated

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