I want to believe we have gotten better and “wehrhafte Demokratie” is not just a throwaway slogan. In sum, “only” about 25% are voting populist, be it put of protest, spite, for your own benefit ot out of crooked conviction. That means 75% are still somewhat reasonable and I want to see this as a positive thing.
You can hat that man all you want, but there is one thing we cannot deny: Everything he invested in turned out to be great* and apparently so did this AI.
*Social media companies not included; Brain thingy pending; Animals were definitely harmed during production