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Digdeep Podcast: Can You Explain AI to Us Over Coffee, Letitia Parcalabescu?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep Letitia Parcalabescu talks about how to explain AI terms in a coffee break.
AI systems' responses depend not only on developers but also on so-called system prompts, which determine how a model reacts. AI researcher Letitia Parcalabescu tries to make such technical details understandable because public understanding of AI often lags behind its widespread use.
She is particularly well-known for her YouTube channel "AI Coffee Break," where an animated coffee bean explains current AI research in short, easy-to-understand videos. In addition to her role as a science communicator, she works as a researcher at Aleph Alpha Research, focusing on interpretable reasoning models.
Her goal is to make complex AI topics more accessible and to show that science can also be communicated in a more engaging way.
Just listen in (podcast in German).
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