Math is a profoundly human process — one as engaged in beauty and elegance as it is in proving a theorem or finding an answer. The looming power of AI has the humans of math rethinking what it means to be a mathematician. See our latest special issue.
www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
If there was a field that was standing in the middle of the road when ChatGPT rolled into town, it was natural language processing. For Quanta’s new special issue, John Pavlus assembled a riveting oral history of how the field managed this bolt from the blue.
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
Fundamental science made AI. Explore “INPUT,” the first section of Quanta’s latest special issue.
www.quantamagazine.org/series/scien...
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These are just a handful of the many, many folks, including writers, web developers, artists, animators, video editors and producers who helped bring this first special issue of Quanta together. We’re thrilled to get this recognition, and we can’t wait to show you what’s coming next.
We worked with the great team at HLabs, led by Han Springett and Leticia Gomes, to craft a dynamic, elegant hub for the series in Webflow.
Our audience team of Matt Carlstrom (@mattcarlstrom.bsky.social) and Simone Barr (@simonebarr.bsky.social) came up with a huge, exciting array of new promotional approaches for the package, including an ambitious Instagram takeover and a Reddit AMA with Natalie and Charlie.
Senior video producer Emily Buder (@emilybuder.bsky.social) directed a fantastic video documentary hosted by Vijay Balasubramanian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Xs...
Art Director Samuel Velasco (he’s on Instagram, follow him there) commissioned and directed more than 30 original visuals from five different artists, including designer Kristina Armitage and our exceptional graphics editor Mark Belan (@markabelan.bsky.social).
Charlie Wood (@walkingthedot.bsky.social) conducted over 60 hours of interviews and wrote five of the nine pieces in the final series, which was edited by Natalie Wolchover (@nattyover.bsky.social) — who managed the whole thing — and executive editor Michael Moyer (@mmoyer.bsky.social).
Quanta’s physics team had this idea cooking for a long time: a series of stories exploring the fundamental nature of reality itself.
THREAD: I've been EIC of Quanta for almost exactly a year, and this is an amazing anniversary present from this remarkable staff.
We had a big, strange story to tell, and we brought a lot of creativity to telling it. I’m so proud of this incredibly talented team and what we’re accomplishing!
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These are just a handful of the many, many folks, including writers, web developers, artists, animators, video editors and producers who helped bring this first special issue of Quanta together. We’re thrilled to get this recognition, and we can’t wait to show you what’s coming next.
Our audience team of Matt Carlstrom (@mattcarlstrom.bsky.social) and Simone Barr (@simonebarr.bsky.social) came up with a huge, exciting array of new promotional approaches for the package, including an ambitious Instagram takeover and a Reddit AMA with Natalie and Charlie.
Senior video producer Emily Buder (@emilybuder.bsky.social) directed a fantastic video documentary hosted by Vijay Balasubramanian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Xs...
Art Director Samuel Velasco (he’s on Instagram, follow him there) commissioned and directed more than 30 original visuals from five different artists, including designer Kristina Armitage and our exceptional graphics editor Mark Belan @markabelan.bsky.social.
Charlie Wood (@walkingthedot.bsky.social) conducted over 60 hours of interviews and wrote five of the nine pieces in the final series, edited by Natalie Wolchover (@nattyover.bsky.social) — who managed the whole thing — and executive editor Michael Moyer (@mmoyer.bsky.social).
Quanta’s physics team (@walkingthedot.bsky.social, @nattyover.bsky.social, and @mmoyer.bsky.social) had this idea cooking for a long time: a series of stories exploring fundamental nature of reality itself.
