Aurelie Herbelot is a computational linguist specializing in everything small. After completing her PhD at Cambridge University on the topic of “small words,” she spent 18 years working as a researcher at various institutes across Europe, focusing on the simulation of language acquisition. In the course of her research, she developed a particular interest in computer models that learn from small amounts of data, just like humans do. She also investigated compact architectures for machine learning that reflect the structure of human cognition. Today, she runs a small company called Denotation UG, which believes that AI does not have to be big. One of her chatbots is on stage at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus, entertaining the audience with an artificial brain smaller than that of a fly. Another is currently learning Low German from a team of NDR journalists. In addition to scientific publications, Aurelie sometimes writes articles for Freitag and WOZ.