How can Delta retain its readers now that AI-generated news is becoming increasingly dominant? While awaiting legislation that protects journalistic media and technical solutions that keep AI in check, Editor in Chief Saskia Bonger is looking for answers within journalistic practice itself.
Jenna Pfeifer lives close to the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Since the Vondelkerk church burned down on New Year’s Eve, she can no longer navigate by using the church spire. She was surprised by how personal the loss feels.
Birgit van Driel steps into the role of trendwatcher and explores what friction-maxxing could mean for academia.
After defending her master’s thesis, Sofia Ghigliani writes about the post-deadline decompression period. Puzzling between relaxing and to-do lists, she uses her last Delta column to reflect on the anxiety and uncertainty that come with redefining one’s goals.
Quantum professor and climate activist Sander Otte attended a conference where defence research was a major topic of discussion. He advocates caution, because amid all the geopolitical and military tensions, we must not lose sight of the backdrop against which these developments are taking place: the ever-escalating climate and ecological crisis.
A student asked Dap Hartmann for his opinion on the use of AI for writing a final report. Using AI instead of creating something yourself is plagiarism, he believes. You present something under your own name that did not originate in your own mind.
Alex Nedelcu deplores how the administrators at TU Delft want to save costs. No more money for teaching assistants and PhD candidates, but money for private dinners in a study space for students revising for their exams.
Britte Bouchaut says that it is irresponsible to require physical presence at lectures or exams when a code orange has been issued for the weather. It means that institutions consciously accept risks and make them the responsibility of individuals.
Columnist Jan van Neerven is delighted by the new gender balance on TU Delft’s Executive Board. For him, it marks a good moment to lay down his pen, at least for a while. His farewell column is a look back at a period that is drawing to a close.
