Stories

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, in particular language models such as chatGPT, have radically changed tasks that require human-like reasoning, but their underlying mechanisms are still complex and partly unexplained.

The child of illiterate parents, who became the leading scientist of the Austrian Empire.

Rethinking contemporary science communication and its role in society

I asked Bing Chat for a comment on Žižek's analysis of the new AI chatbots and got the following response.

At the beginning of November 2022, I travelled to Berlin with several other participants from all over the world, to be part of the program “Science and Research in Germany – Information Tour at the invitation of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany”.

Every day we hear new shocking stories in the media and from people we know, but it's hard to judge quickly whether they're true. Is there a universal rule that could help us in such dilemmas?

The story of a medical pioneer who revolutionised burn care. Her innovative method of treating severe burns has saved many lives by dramatically reducing infections and hospitalization times.

A renowned expert in electrical engineering and one of the best chess players in the world.

A detailed discussion of some of the key factors that have had a significant impact on the development of the Slovenian scientific community.

On February 28, 2003, the local office of the World Health Organization in Hanoi, Vietnam, received a call from a small private hospital with a capacity of no more than 60 beds. Two days before, its staff admitted a patient showing symptoms of atypical flu. To rule out a potential case of “bird flu” they requested the help of WHO’s experts to try and determine what the disease really was.