Popular Media (Essays, Interviews, Articles)
I am writing popular articles for the ETH Zukunftsblog and various newspapers. Here is a selection:
Sep 2024
An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time (Article based on Publication, New Scientist)
Sep 2024
AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs (Another good example of more than 100 articles on the same subject, Ars Technica)
Nov 2023
Exponentially faster language modelling (Discussion based on Publication, Hacker News)
Oct 2023
Vorteile durch geschickte Antworten (German, Article based on Interview, tagesanzeiger.ch)
Oct 2023
Wie Politikerinnen und Politiker bei Smartvote tricksen können (German, Article based on Interview, Tages-Anzeiger)
Mar 2023
Blockchain -- Mehr als Kryptogeld (German, Article based on Interview, The Philantropist)
Nov 2022
Stromfresser Bitcoin (German, Article based on Interview, SRF)
Oct 2022
Bitcoin ist die katholische Kirche in der Kryptowelt (German, Article based on Interview, Tagblatt)
Oct 2022
Stromfresser Bitcoin gerät in Misere (German, Article based on Interview, bz)
Jun 2022
Schmutziger als Gold (German, Article based on Interview, Moneta)
May 2022
Die Zukunft der Digital Ledger Technology (German, Spotify Podcast, IFZ Digital Banking Podcast)
Apr 2022
Mindsets: Roger Wattenhofer on Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Innovation Behind It (English, Spotify Podcast, inno-maker HSG)
Apr 2022
Die unangenehme Nebenwirkung von Bitcoins (German, Article based on Interview, Welt)
Apr 2022
Panel at the DeFi22 workshop by The Swiss National Bank and the BIS Innovation Hub (English, Youtube)
Feb 2022
Take an AI-generated flashcard quiz about Wikipedia (English, Article based on our work, The Signpost by Wikipedia)
Feb 2022
Wie viel Energie brauchen Blockchains? (German, Article based on interview, Bulletin SEV/VSE)
Feb 2022
Sternstunde Philophie: Bitcoin – Eine neue Weltordnung? (German, TV discussion, SRF)
Nov 2021
Krypto-Gold: Zahlen wir bald mit Bitcoin? (German, Video, ETH Treffpunkt Science City)
Nov 2021
Do Universities have a Future? (English, Viewpoint article, Bulletin of EATCS)
Oct 2021
Müssen Kryptos so viel Strom fressen? (German, Article based on interview, Flip)
Sep 2021
Ich vermute, dass Bargeld sterben wird (German, Article based on interview, Investorama)
Aug 2021
ETH-Professor über grüne Kryptowährungen (German, Article based on interview, NZZ)
Jun 2021
E-Franc Perfect for Cash (English, Video interview, Finews)
Apr 2021
Bargeld ist out (Swiss German, Podcast, Blick)
Feb 2021 Call for transparency English
German (ETH Blog)
Feb 2021 Des Bargelds Tod (German, Article based on an earlier blog article, Technology Review)
Aug 2020 Cash is dead, long live CBDC English
German
(ETH Blog)
Mar 2020 Corona Countermeasures Kill the Economy (English)
Sep 2019 Elected as one of 100 Digital Shapers (German, Bilanz)
Aug 2019 Wann lohnt sich der Einsatz von Blockchains? (German, Interview, Electro Suisse)
Apr 2019 Blockchain ‒ Nur ein Hype
oder Lösung für alles? (German only, Interview, BMWi Germany, fun photo mix-up)
Jun 2019 Forscher verstecken Daten in Musik (German, Article based on our research, NZZ)
Jun 2019 Cash, card or crypto? English
German (ETH Blog)
Mar 2019 Hiding Data in Music (English, Article based on our research, Communications of the ACM)
Sep 2018 Ambrosus Who is Who: An Interview with Prof Roger Wattenhofer (English, Interview, Ambrosus)
Aug 2018 What Switzerland can learn from Amazon English German (ETH Blog)
Aug 2018 My Ranking of Computer Science and Information Technology Universities and Research Labs (English only)
May 2018 Democracy 3.0 English German (ETH Blog)
Feb 2018 Der Hype wird abflauen (German only, Interview Strom online)
Feb 2018 AlphaZero just wants to play! English German (ETH Blog)
Dec 2017 Bitcoin könnte gut verboten werden (German, Interview, Sonntagszeitung)
Nov 2017 Diskussion No Billag (German only)
Sep 2017 Blockchain has been hyped up English German (Interview, ETH Blog)