Issue #7

Creating Chemistry Magazine 2018

Issue #7

Dear readers,

The global race to reach one quintillion – that’s a one with 18 zeros – computing operations per second is in full swing. Ever faster and more powerful supercomputers are bringing together and analyzing the volumes of data that we generate in the modern world. They ...

Ein Mann hält einen Laptop und beobachtet ein Computersystem.

Human and machine

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Human and machine

Artificial intelligence – what does it mean? And what does its emergence mean for humans? Four theses on the new relationship between humans and algorithms.

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What is artificial intelligence?

What examples and advances have there been, and what developments are emerging for the future?

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AI will support people, not replace them

Interview with Professor Barbara Grosz. A leading thinker in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) since the 1970s.

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Ein Mann sitzt vor Computerkabeln und spricht Jemanden abseits der Kamera an.

BASF supercomputer QURIOSITY

How the most powerful supercomputer in the chemical industry is driving digitalization.

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The wrong kind of fear

Why people find it hard to assess risks correctly.

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Taxis fahren vor dem Guggenheim Museum hin und her.

Silence in the city

What it feels like to visit a space of deepest silence at the heart of New York.

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Fresh produce and a fresh start

Portrait of Angel Adelaja, whose stackable container farms provide fresh produce.

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Ein paar Palmölsamen. Einer ist aufgeschnitten.

The challenge of palm oil

Demand for palm oil has grown fast – but the costs for rain forests, animals and local people are high. As the industry works to improve sustainability, we ask what progress has been made.

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