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AI: the good, the bad, and the forgotten

AI: the good, the bad, and the forgotten

AI is here, and when I say here, I mean e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. For all you know, this blog may have been written by an algorithm (it wasn’t — I’m not a robot, promise. Or am I?). In what feels like the blink of an eye, AI has gone from a curiosity to a fully-fledged co-pilot in science (and out of science). It’s generating satellite imagery, helping compute paleo-climate predictions, or writing your ...[Read More]

AI-based tools in scientific publishing: to what extent can we rely on them?

AI-based tools in scientific publishing: to what extent can we rely on them?

Academic publishing has considerably evolved in response to technological developments. Current discussions revolve around the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or Large Language Models (LLM). They exceed the capabilities of simple spelling and grammar checkers or translation software and their use in the publication process has several implications that need to be considered. ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Federico Amato, environmental data miner & ECS representative for ESSI Division

GeoTalk: meet Federico Amato, environmental data miner & ECS representative for ESSI Division

Hello Federico, thank you for agreeing to talk with us! Could you introduce yourself? Hello Simon, thanks for inviting me for this talk! As you can probably guess from my name, I am Italian. I completed my studies in Italy obtaining a master’s degree in Engineering and a PhD in Innovation and Sustainable Development Engineering. Then, three and a half years ago I moved to Switzerland for a Postdoc ...[Read More]