The Overlogix Sunday Times #14
Switzerland Edition
Contents
Welcome to the new Switzerland edition of The Overlogix Sunday Times
Sources and new landing page
Switzerland Technology News
· Switzerland General Technology News
· Switzerland Artificial Intelligence News
· Switzerland Automation News
Overlogix: Recent Articles
· Upcoming
· Published
· Evergreen Articles
Footnotes
· Your help is welcome!
· LinkedIn
· Substack
Welcome to the new Switzerland edition of The Overlogix Sunday Times
We’re a few days late with this first Switzerland edition of TOST; travel to a working vacation in the Alps slowed publication. We hope to keep to our schedule with the next edition, scheduled for Easter Sunday, 20 April 2025.
Switzerland and USA tech operate on distinctly different wavelengths, and we found it convenient to publish, for each country, their own newsletters. Interested readers are welcome to read, subscribe and comment as desired; subscriptions are always free, and will never be used for advertising purposes.
Sources and new landing page
As of last Sunday’s edition, (23 March 2025), we concentrated our listing of news sources at our special edition: The Overlogix Sunday Times, Special Edition: Switzerland and USA Regional Editions. The new home for The Overlogix Sunday Times is now available. Subscribers are invited to bookmark this page as an ongoing landing page; new editions will be posted there immediately after publishing. These changes will keep the newsletters shorter.
Switzerland Technology News
LinkedIn Post: Why Large Language Models (LLM) Cannot Replace Human Beings 04.04.2025 Although we have repeatedly written, from our own experience, that LLMs (almost all of the currently available AIs, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Perplexity, etc.) won’t replace human beings, we haven’t actually explained why. This post succinctly puts that matter to rest, and permanently.
LLMs are stochastic parrots. However glib and articulate they might seem, they lack the capabilities necessary to do what humans do, do not and cannot understand meaning, lack creativity, novelty, reasoning and agency, by design and implementation. TL;DR version: they won’t replace people, because they can’t.
Will they change the future employment landscape? Yes! But not as drop-in replacements.
The notion of human beings as fungible, replaceable “resources” always was false, albeit widely believed. The even more absurd idea that a computer program, regardless of how sophisticated, can reliably take the place of a creative, knowledgeable and dedicated human worker is risible beyond words. Decision makers holding such views are excellent candidates for equity stakeholder investigation and review; it’s the daft fever-dream of the career cost-cutter, not of a competent leader worthy of command.
Tech workers savvy with AI knowledge are now and will be in the future more valuable than those who shun AI or hold it in ignorant contempt. We have found it useful in many ways, but have avoided the hype halo characteristic of the “magnificent 7” AI companies. We’ll remind readers that there is plenty of truth to the notion that: AI won’t take your job, but someone who uses AI will.
Switzerland General Technology News
Bonobo calls resemble word combinations of humans 04.04.2025 “Human language is probably not as unique as it is thought to be. Scientists at the University of Zurich (UZH) have shown that bonobos combine their calls into complex sound sequences that resemble combinations of human words.”
Unhealthy eating contributes to Swiss illness 03.04.2025 “In Switzerland, 2.2 million people are affected by non-communicable diseases, partly because people are not eating a balanced diet, according to the Federal Office for Food Safety (OSAV).”
Artificial muscles from a 3D printer 03.04.2025 “Swiss researchers are working on a method of printing silicone muscles that could be used in medicine and robotics.”
No single cure for toxic blue-green algae: Swiss research 03.04.2025 “There is no one-size-fits-all remedy for toxic blooms of blue-green algae, according to researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.”
Switzerland risks exclusion from Europe’s ‘CERN for AI’ 02.04.2025 “The European Union has announced investments in artificial intelligence (AI) worth many billions of euros with the ambition of creating a “CERN for AI”. But the inclusion of Switzerland, home to the world-renowned particle physics laboratory, may be limited by its non-EU status.”
Plans materialise for new particle accelerator in Geneva 01.04.2025 “Preparations for a huge new particle accelerator in Geneva have reached a milestone. After several years of work, a feasibility study for the project has now been finalised, CERN announced on Monday evening.”
Harmful substances in particulate matter underestimated: Swiss research 31.03.2025 “Measurements significantly underestimate the amount of harmful substances in particulate matter, according to an international research team under Swiss leadership.”
One in 22 cars electric in Switzerland 29.03.2025 “Electric cars are still a rarity in Switzerland. Currently, 4.4% of registered cars run exclusively on electricity.”
A robot that changes its shape 28.03.2025 “A robot inspired by the animal kingdom that can spontaneously adapt its shape to the terrain as it moves and overcome any obstacle.”
Swiss study: Humans can train their brain to communicate with machines 24.03.2025 “Humans can learn to share their thoughts with machines. In a new study, researchers from the University of Geneva have shown that so-called brain-machine interfaces can read the thoughts of specially trained people better than those of untrained people.”
Loft Dynamics Revolutionizes Helicopter Pilot Training with VR Flight Simulators 19.03.2025 “Loft Dynamics, a resident company of Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich, has introduced the world’s first VR flight simulator for the Airbus H145, widely used in Air Ambulance, Law Enforcement, and Military Operations.”
On the way to mass production of the super battery 18.03.2025 “From September, researchers will be working on the marketability of new super batteries in Switzerland's first dry room for battery development.”
3D scans improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis 05.03.2025 “A new 3D computed tomography scanner utilising AI is giving pathologists a more accurate way to examine thyroid tumours. Unlike traditional methods that involve cutting tissue into thin slices for two-dimensional analysis, this new technique provides a comprehensive three-dimensional view on screen.”
Switzerland Artificial Intelligence News
Leveraging the world's most AI-capable supercomputer (undated) “Alps by the National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) is the world's first national research infrastructure with over 10'000 GPUs of the new NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchip.”
Switzerland hires US lobby firm to secure access to AI chips 08.04.2025 “Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has hired a lobbying firm in the United States to help Switzerland gain full access to artificial intelligence chips.”
Novigenix obtains EUR 1.8 million EU grant to industrialize AI-powered liquid biopsy 04.04.2025 “As part of the BRECISE IHI Consortium, Swiss startup Novigenix has been awarded EUR 1.8M funded by the European Union (EU) research initiative focusing on revolutionizing cancer diagnostics, treatment, and monitoring through advanced multi-omics and artificial intelligence. A leader in AI-driven precision liquid biopsy solutions, Novigenix’s will be vital for the prediction of immunotherapy response.”
Switzerland risks exclusion from Europe’s ‘CERN for AI’ 02.04.2025 “The European Union has announced investments in artificial intelligence (AI) worth many billions of euros with the ambition of creating a “CERN for AI”. But the inclusion of Switzerland, home to the world-renowned particle physics laboratory, may be limited by its non-EU status.”
Manukai secures $3 million pre-seed funding 31.03.2025 “ETH spin-off Manukai has raised $3 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round led by QBIT Capital, marking a significant milestone in its mission to create proprietary AI models that unlock the value of data in manufacturing. The startup has already gained significant traction with industry leaders like Bosch. The fresh funding will be used to refine its product, aiming to make Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining more efficient.”
Metaco founders launch Supervised with undisclosed round 25.03.2025 “Today, Supervised is emerging from stealth to tackle this problem by reengineering how management functions. Founded by Adrien Treccani and Seamus Donoghue, the serial entrepreneurs behind the $250M Metaco acquisition, Supervised has already been quietly deployed by Fortune 500 companies across financial services, manufacturing, and technology.”
Microsoft partners with Swiss AI startup inait 20.03.2025 “Lausanne-based inait and Microsoft are teaming up to accelerate the development and commercialisation of the deeptech’s innovative AI technology, using its unique Digital Brain AI platform. The collaboration will focus on joint product development, go-to-market strategies, and co-selling initiatives, initially targeting the finance and robotics sectors.”
Switzerland Automation News
Pengbo Zhu - Towards Mobility in the Future – Repositioning and Control of Empty Taxis 08.04.2025 “How do you boil down years of work to a three minute talk? Watch Pengbo Zhu summarise her thesis in 180 seconds and see how she is hoping to make your taxi rides better.”
ANYbotics – a New Level of Industrial Automation 08.04.2025 “ANYbotics AG, based in Zurich, currently employs around 200 people who develop and produce the mobile, four-legged inspection robot ‘ANYmal’ for industrial applications.”
Artificial muscles from a 3D printer 03.04.2025 “Swiss researchers are working on a method of printing silicone muscles that could be used in medicine and robotics.”
A robot that changes its shape 28.03.2025 “A robot inspired by the animal kingdom that can spontaneously adapt its shape to the terrain as it moves and overcome any obstacle.”
Overlogix: Recent Articles
Upcoming
Installation and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server in Linux This project, like the below Gemini migration, demonstrates a practical use for AGI candidates like Claude. We asked Claude to help us through this unfamiliar topic and documented the results. Since we need this for a client, the installation is rather urgent and so has been prioritized.
Migration project using Google Gemini to produce the implementation and configuration steps. We’ve been developing, for our own purposes, an internal wiki built on the same platform as Wikipedia, MediaWiki. The interesting part is that we’re using Google Gemini as our research concierge and assistant for this project. The wiki has outgrown the el-cheapo XAMPP Windows installation and must be migrated to our Linux server.
Published
Microsoft SQL Server Client Software 01.04.2025 Regardless of whether MS SQL Server is installed on a Windows or Linux server, it must be accessed and administered from Windows, by design. This article describes the important Windows client programs necessary for development and management of MS SQL Server, what they do, how they are licensed, and where to download them. A must read for all who contemplate using SQL Server.
Databases: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 24.03.2025 This brief introduction to MS SQL Server serves two purposes: (1) it supplied decision makers with an overview of where MSSQL is and is not a good choice for a data storage system, and (2) it serves as an index for a series of specialized articles detailing installation, configuration, usage and maintenance of the database system. As new articles are written, they will be indexed and linked in this article. We expect at least one new article this week. As always, all of our articles are always indexed, by subject matter, at our Table of Context.
Evergreen Articles
LinkedIn's Free Version for Small Businesses 10.3.2025 Small businesses planning on using LinkedIn for marketing should read this analysis. The free version of LinkedIn is still useful despite large-scale monetization by Microsoft; however, that utility is limited, and has been since June 2023. SMBs should know, as soon as possible, how far they can expect to go with the free edition, so they can plan their marketing wisely. This article explains, in detail, what can and cannot be expected using the free edition.
Windows Security 101 17.2.2025 Computer security is a multi-faceted, constant process. This article details three very important practices every Windows user should implement as soon as possible; Windows is still the largest malware target, and will be as long as Microsoft dominates the workstation OS space. Part of an ongoing series of articles on Windows security.
Windows Computer Security: Sources 11.02.2025 A curated and maintained collection of official and reputable third-party links covering many aspects of Windows security. We recommend reading it and bookmarking the article for all Windows users.
Footnotes
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