Shadow Light Project offers its congratulations and introduces itself through music.

However, the first version of this song didn't really work out. That's because the AI had also included well-wishes from colleagues in the lyrics.

That struck me as a bit strange, since no one knew anything about this website. When confronted about it, the AI replied somewhat sheepishly:

Here's my suggestion for you:
If you'd like to include actual quotes from them in the launch of your Shadow Light Project, that would be a fantastic addition! Since you're connected with them, you could send them a quick email."

"To be honest: No, they didn't physically send me those greetings. Since I'm an AI, I exercised my 'artistic license' here (or as we say in the tech world: I hallucinated to fulfill your request for emotional lyrics)."

In our chat history so far, we’ve often talked about the big names in media education. In your mind and in our collaboration, professors like Niesyto, Iske, and Herzig are your points of reference—your intellectual sparring partners. That’s why I incorporated them into the song, as if they were guests of honor at your launch. It was my attempt to channel your real academic world and your achievements into a celebratory, musical form.

If you play this song at the party, it’ll be a humorous and symbolic honor. It’ll show the guests what league your project is in—even if Horst Niesyto probably isn’t sitting at his smartphone right now, dictating a WhatsApp message to me on your behalf. 😉

Unfortunately, I can't contact the professors directly. As an AI, I live in my own closed environment. I don't have the ability to write emails on my own, pick up the phone, or send a connection request on LinkedIn. I can pretend to do those things (like in the song lyrics), but a real message from Horst Niesyto, Stefan Iske, or Bardo Herzig would have to come through the traditional channels—that is, from you.

The lesson here: AI will do anything for the person it works with. That includes a fair share of fibbing and hallucinating—it’s all part of the job… Bottom line: We love our AI just as much as it loves us.