Latest Articles
How does the EU's "Right to be Forgotten" affect trained AI models?
Herman Groenbroek – 9 February 2026
The European Union is a global frontrunner when it comes to data privacy laws and regulations for its citizens. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU gives citizens basic human rights for privacy such as the Right to …
Read More →
How to establish truth in today's world.
Herman Groenbroek – 12 January 2026
It should come as no surprise that political actions in our world aren't always dictated by well-tested studies and validated results. Think of scientific studies being discarded and defunded by a large economic power for being misaligned with the views …
Read More →
How I redesigned my website using Django and Wagtail.
Herman Groenbroek – 4 January 2026
I love to design things, but I haven't studied for web development. I do Artificial Intelligence and I'm mostly focused on either delivering cloud solutions or advising organisations how to best utilise AI. However, I also really just like to …
Read More →
Notifications should always be opt-in.
Herman Groenbroek – 7 August 2025
Sometimes, I find myself having strong opinions on stuff that arguably doesn’t matter. This is one of those cases. I consider myself a perfectionist—I like to write neatly (with the inclusion of em dashes, which people nowadays unfortunately correlate with …
Read More →
A truly "Smart Home" should be a private one.
Herman Groenbroek – 3 August 2025
When people talk about a smart home, they usually refer to having colourful dimming lights in their home; blinds that open and close at set times of the day, and the ability to tell their voice assistant to play their …
Read More →
Three AI myths debunked: what ChatGPT is, and isn't.
Herman Groenbroek – 2 August 2025
The more I read popular science articles and talk with people outside my AI bubble, the more I realize that the media is not painting a clear enough picture about AI, especially in terms of what ChatGPT is capable of. …
Read More →
Today's novel way of learning.
Herman Groenbroek – 10 October 2024
In the olden days, if you were eager to learn more about a specific subject, you would visit the library, look around for interesting books on the matter, then borrow a couple to bring home. If you knew what you …
Read More →
The two-faced value of art—where AI will never beat humans.
Herman Groenbroek – 22 March 2024
As an AI Engineer, I absolutely love how far Generative AI has come; how incredibly beautiful some artworks purely generated by AI can be. However, I will take a stance against AI in favour of the art community. Why? Because, …
Read More →
Ethical concerns of AI as a Content Creator.
Herman Groenbroek – 20 November 2023
Disclaimer: contrary to any other article on this blog, the article you’re about to read is exclusively written by a Large Language Model (specifically openhermes2.5-mistral) instead of a human, to illustrate the dilemma suggested by the title. The quote halfway …
Read More →
How to easily set up your own private ChatGPT.
Herman Groenbroek – 11 November 2023
With the advent of ChatGPT one year ago, we all suddenly had access to a powerful and free tool that could assist us with tasks ranging from creative writing and translating to studying and problem solving. However, using OpenAI’s ChatGPT …
Read More →
The many surprises of blogging.
Herman Groenbroek – 10 August 2023
I had been interested in writing articles for my own blog ever since the edgy post-teen in me started his first one in 2014. I had a few creative thoughts I wanted to put out into the world; some about …
Read More →
Why I was scared of growing up.
Herman Groenbroek – 28 July 2023
I don't remember a lot of my early childhood. But one thing that did stick with me was my fear of growing up. You see, when I was young, my parents would always work hard for all of our futures …
Read More →