Overview
- Generation KI, with the subtitle “Menschlich bleiben in der neuen Welt,” is scheduled to appear on Monday, September 21, and mixes personal anecdotes with broad analysis of how AI is reshaping culture.
- Burkandt says a Yann LeCun lecture at Davos was her “Aufwachmoment,” leading her to call the current moment a “Stunde null” and to treat AI as a complex, far‑reaching force rather than a niche tech topic.
- She reports writing the manuscript in three to four months and ties the book directly to her doctoral research at the University of Cambridge on Generation Alpha.
- Burkandt has begun advising companies and offering leadership coaching for executives, and she says the book is meant to help parents, managers and young people communicate across generational divides.
- Media attention to the launch is heightened by her public profile as the eldest daughter of Bavarian leader Markus Söder and by her recent public shift away from heavy Instagram photo editing, which the coverage uses to illustrate themes of authenticity and generational change.