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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.

Peter Singer underscores the importance of effective altruism and animal rights in global ethical discourse. His advocacy emphasizes combining altruistic intent with evidence-based strategies to maximize the impact in areas like poverty and animal welfare.

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”.